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15-year-old shot to death at SW Atlanta gas station

Atlanta police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old at a gas station on Lee Street SW.
Atlanta police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old at a gas station on Lee Street SW.
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July 14, 2021

A teenager was shot to death at a gas station in southwest Atlanta on Tuesday evening, police said.

Officers responded to the BP station at 516 Lee Street SW in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood just before 6:30 p.m., Atlanta police said in statement. At the scene, they found a 15-year-old with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Paramedics arrived and pronounced 15-year-old Jahvarious Colvin dead at the scene, authorities said. Homicide investigators are working to determine the circumstances around the shooting.

We’re working to learn more.

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