An 18-year-old has been charged with reckless conduct and involuntary manslaughter after shooting to death a 20-year-old man Friday morning near downtown Athens, police said.

Chateaubrian Lafontain Bailey died from a single gun shot after being transported to the hospital, Hilda Sorrow with Athens-Clarke County police said. Kevin Browner was taken into custody following the incident, Sorrow said.

The incident happened in 100 block of Hickman Drive in the Bethel Mid-Town Village apartments, but neither man lived there, Sorrow said.

The shooting death appears to be accidental, police said.

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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