Man arrested in shooting death of 14-year-old boy outside shopping center

WSBTV.com News Staff
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Police announced Tuesday that they have arrested a man for shooting a 14-year-old boy to death outside a shopping center in southeast Atlanta last month.

Police said 23-year-old Cecil Adkinson was taken into custody by the Atlanta Police Department’s Fugitive Unit with help from U.S. Marshals on Tuesday.

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Police responded to reports of a teenager shot multiple times at a shopping center at the intersection of Fayetteville and Flat Shoals roads on August. 23. When they arrived, they found the 14-year-old, who has not been identified, with multiple gunshot wounds.

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It’s unclear if the teen had been shopping at one of the businesses.

The teen was rushed to the hospital, where he died.

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Adkinson will be charged with felony murder, police said.

Police did not give a motive for the teen’s murder.