DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County police have arrested three people after a 3-year-old was shot on Sunday night.
Investigators held a news conference on Monday afternoon, where they confirmed the arrests of two adults and a juvenile.
Jonathan Tate, 20, Julius Hughes, 21, and a juvenile are being charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Police confirmed that the child, whose identity has not been released, remains in critical condition after the shooting.
All the latest developments, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News starting at 5:00 p.m.
Investigators say the car the toddler was in was stopped in traffic when the suspects began arguing outside a gas station. That’s when police say the car was hit with bullets.
The child’s father, who was driving the car, was not injured.
“This incident was reckless, senseless, and completely unacceptable,” Police Chief Greg Padrick said during the news conference.
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The shooting happened in the 300 block of N. Stone Mountain Lithonia Road in DeKalb County, near a McDonald’s.
The suspects’ car was spotted on Memorial Drive near North Hairston Road a short time later, where all three were arrested.
They later executed a search warrant at a home on Rock Meadow Drive, where police found a gun and “additional evidence.”
“No parent should ever have to experience this, and no child should ever be harmed by the careless actions of others,” Chief Padrick said.
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