DOUGLAS — A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed Monday evening and a juvenile suspect is in custody.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on Creekwood Rd., Douglas. Upon arrival, deputies found 15-year-old Ja’rique Johan Brown dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
Brown’s body will be transported to the GBI Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy. As a result of investigative acts conducted by Agents and Coffee County Investigators, a juvenile was arrested and charged with one count of Felony Murder.
The juvenile was transported to the Waycross Youth Detention Center in Waycross, Georgia.
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Additional arrests are expected in this investigation.
The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office at (912) 384-4227 or the GBI Regional Office in Douglas, GA at (912) 389-4103.
