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Police Release New Details in Student's Murder

By Conaway and Strickler

An ajc.com article reports that the McEachern High School football star dialed 911 when his family was being held captive by his mother?s ex-boyfriend. Just after 2 a.m., the man allegedly broke into their house armed with a .22 caliber revolver. He then demanded that his ex-girlfriend gather up all the cell phones in the house and he led two adults and two children into the bathroom. A 14-year-old daughter was able to sneak her phone into the bathroom where the victim made the call to police. Within a few minutes, the police arrived. The suspect instructed the girl to send the police away, but she ran out the front door and told officers what was happening inside. The suspect went back to the bathroom and started shooting at random. The mother and one child escaped unhurt, a male adult was shot in the stomach and the son was shot in the chest...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on March 21, 2010 (boomark / email).