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3 Atlanta Teens Killed Over Weekend

By Conaway and Strickler

Tim Eberly and Ralph Ellis reported in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on November 09, 2008 that the trend of violent crimes in Atlanta in recent weeks has continued with three shootings over the weekend that ended the lives of three teenagers. All these young lives were taken early the morning of November 9th. The first youth to be killed was Joshua Richards, a 17 year old senior at Riverdale High School. Richards was in the backseat of a vehicle at a parking lot for a Jonesboro nightclub when he was shot to death. Richards was one of 10 children and was remembered as the peacekeeper of the family according to a family friend Vivian Maiden. ?He had a way of making jokes and calming down the situations,? she said. As shortstop for Riverdale?s varsity baseball team he aspired to earn a scholarship to play college ball...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).