POLK COUNTY, Ga. — A teen is hospitalized after officials say he was shot multiple times in his front yard.
Cedartown police told Channel 2 Action News on Wednesday, just before 4 p.m., officers received reports of a person shot on Jule Peek Avenue near the intersection of Lynton Drive.
When officers arrived, they located an 18-year-old who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to the hospital.
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Officials have not released the identity or condition of the victim.
According to the investigation, authorities identified three suspects involved in the shooting and quickly arrested them.
Officers arrested 24-year-old Alonzo Corenjo-Reyes, 27-year-old Luis Cornejo-Reyes and a 16-year-old.
Authorities determined that the shooting took place following a fight that happened earlier that day at a store between one of the suspects and the victim. Investigators learned that following the fight, the suspects sought out the 18-year-old victim, chased him in his front yard, and shot him multiple times.
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Witnesses told police that the 16-year-old was the suspect who shot at and hit the victim multiple times.
All three suspects were arrested and charged with aggravated assault.
The shooting remains under investigation.
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