Family IDs teenage girl killed in shooting on DeKalb street

A 17-year-old girl was killed and a 23-year-old man was seriously injured when someone opened fire on their car in a DeKalb County neighborhood, police said.

Officers were called to the 4500 block of Glenwood Road just after 11 p.m. Thursday regarding a person shot, DeKalb police told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. At the scene, they found the teenager already dead and the man in critical condition. He was taken to the hospital.

The teen was identified as Jayne Salazar Chavez, a junior at Towers High School. The injured man, described as a friend by the girl’s mother, was identified as Brandon Wilson by Channel 2 Action News.

Jaynee Chavez, 17, was a junior at Towers High School, her mother told Channel 2 Action News.

According to the initial investigation, police believe they were in a car on Burgess Drive, less than a mile from the call location, at the time of the shooting. Police are not sure how many people opened fire, but multiple shots were fired and the victims fled to a parking lot on the busy Glenwood Road, where the 911 call was placed.

Channel 2 obtained security camera footage from homeowners on Burgess Drive in which a series of more than 20 shots can be heard firing in quick succession.

Homicide detectives were sent to the scene and the investigation remains active, police said.