Juvenile accidentally shot in the back at Phoenix Landing in LaGrange; suspect arrested
LaGrange police officers are investigating an accidental shooting that left a juvenile injured and a suspect arrested.
Officers were dispatched around 10:44 Friday night to WellStar West Georgia Medical Center, on Vernon Road, in reference to a subject with a gunshot wound to the back. The injured subject, who was a juvenile, was accidentally shot with a handgun by a known subject, identified as 17-year-old Mikell Berry, at Phoenix Landing, which is at 1006 Whitesville Road.
Berry was taken into custody at the hospital and transported to the Troup County Sheriff’s Office for booking for the charges of Reckless Conduct and Possession of a Handgun Under 18. The juvenile who was shot was treated and later released from WellStar West Georgia Medical Center.
If anyone has any information about this incident, please contact the LaGrange Police Department at 706 883-2603 or Troup County Crime Stoppers at 706 812-1000.
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