WOODSTOCK, Ga. — A Woodstock teenager has been killed in the apartment he shared with his mother.
Police say there’s nearly no crime in the area and very little violent crime in all of Woodstock.
Investigators said they received reports of gunshots from a neighbor around 5:30 p.m. on Monday coming from the second floor of Building 5 at the Riverstock Apartment complex on Arnold Mill Road.
That’s when Woodstock police said investigators found Matthew Milner, 18, shot, but still alive.
Police say officers and Woodstock firefighters kept the teen breathing while paramedics transported him to a nearby hospital. The teen died a short time later.
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Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes spoke to at least three neighbors who said the teen lived with his mother, and they saw him in passing, but didn’t know much more about him/
Another neighbor told Fernandes that the heavy police presence scared him.
“I just saw a lot of police cars, and recently, it just got bad around here,” the neighbor said.
As police investigate what happened, they said neighbors don’t have anything to worry about. But some neighbors are still feeling nervous.
“Does it make you concerned about your own safety?” Fernandes asked a neighbor.
“Yes, it makes me concerned about my own safety, because you live here, so I’m thinking about moving,” the neighbor said.
Even though police said they don’t believe there’s a continuing threat at the apartment complex, they are stepping up patrols.
Woodstock police also brought in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to help.
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