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14-year-old boy killed, 12-year-old girl injured in Stockbridge shooting

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. — Police are investigating a double shooting that killed a 14-year-old boy and injured a 12-year-old girl.

The shooting happened around 3:24 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Lakeview Place in Stockbridge.

The 14-year-old died at the scene. The 12-year-old is hospitalized, but Stockbridge police have not released her condition.

The Henry County Coroner’s Office identified the 14-year-old as Seven Shirley.

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Neighbors told Channel 2’s Tom Jones that they saw paramedics working on the 12-year-old near the front door and saw Shirley’s body between his home and a neighbor’s.

“No matter how that child passes, it’s not a good thing,” neighbor Obi Ubani-Ebere said.

Police said they are not releasing additional information at this time “protect the integrity of the investigation.”

Jones asked a man at the home if there is anything he wanted to share with the public. He lowered his head and walked away.

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