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Ellenwood teen shot and killed in Atlanta

By Mike Morris
Feb 5, 2013

Atlanta police are investigating a shooting that left a teenager dead.

The shooting happened about about 3:30 p.m. Monday in the 500 block of James P. Brawley Drive.

Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said officers found the victim lying on the ground, bleeding heavily from a gunshot wound to the head.

The victim, identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office as 17-year-old Wilton Smith-Muirhead of Ellenwood, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he later died.

Investigators have not released a motive for the shooting or any information on a suspect.

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