Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says a teenager who was shot at a birthday party in Macon has died.

The Telegraph reports that Jones says 16-year-old Arquentris Fountain died Monday evening at The Medical Center of Central Georgia of a gunshot wound he received Saturday night, when he and two other teenagers were shot in the parking lot of a shopping center. Jones says he will perform an autopsy.

Officials say the other two teenagers received non-life-threatening wounds.

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert plans to hold a news conference Tuesday to address the recent spate of shootings in Macon.

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Helen Gilbert places flowers on her brother Eurie Martin’s grave at Camp Spring Baptist Church in Sandersville. Her brother died eight years ago. Three former Washington County deputies are accused of causing his death and are set to stand trial Monday. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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