BIBB COUNTY, Ga. — A man is facing felony murder charges after a shooting left a 1-year-old boy dead in Middle Georgia.
The shooting happened Sunday night at an apartment complex on Chambers Cove Drive in Macon.
According to police, 28-year-old John Demetrious Simmons was in his girlfriend’s apartment washing clothes when the shooting happened.
Simmons’ girlfriend told police that she left the room and then heard a single gunshot. She returned to the room and found her 1-year-old son with a gunshot wound to his upper body. She then took him to the hospital.
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The boy, Monterrious Brown, was rushed into surgery but later died.
After interviewing with police, Simmons was arrested and booked on charges of murder, possession of a firearm by convicted felon and aggravated assault.
Simmons is being held without bond.
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