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Teen killed in drive-by shooting outside Stone Mountain gas station

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Updated  November 25, 2022 3:12pm EST
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FOX 5 Atlanta

Teen killed and young man hurt in drive-by shooting

DeKalb County police are investigating a drive-by shooting that killed a 17-year-old boy outside a gas station and injured another young man.

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - DeKalb County police are investigating a deadly drive-by shooting that claimed the life of a teenager Thanksgiving night.

Officers were called around 7 p.m. to the 300 block of South Stone Mountain Lithonia Road where they say they found 17-year-old Jeremiah Banks dead from a gunshot.

According to investigators, the teen was walking towards the Shell gas station when he was shot by a passing vehicle.

A second individual, 19-year-old Kelson Cody, was also injured in the shooting, police said. Cody had arrived at an area hospital with a gunshot wound to his foot.

No details about a suspect have been released.

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