A teenager was fatally shot outside a Clayton County business Saturday afternoon, police said.
Anthony McClain, 18, was in his barbershop on River Station Boulevard in College Park, which is co-owned by his mother, when he heard commotion nearby. After stepping into the parking lot, he was shot, according to Channel 2 Action News.
The teen’s mother, Norma Huff, said she thinks he was walking outside the shop to call her and report the commotion. Instead, she got a phone call from another barber telling her to come quickly after “something tragic had happened in the shop,” Huff told the news station.
A second call confirmed her worst fears.
“I said, please tell me, is it my child?” Huff said in an interview with Channel 2. “He said, ‘Yes, it is.’”
Huff believes McClain was an innocent bystander who became caught in the crossfire of a deadly argument in the Shops at River Station parking lot. Clayton County police confirmed McClain was killed in the shooting but have not released any other details.
No suspects were in custody Monday.
Read the full story from Channel 2 Action News here.
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