A Decatur 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy shot to death at a party in Snellville on Saturday.
On Saturday, Feb. 17, Snellville police say a fight broke out during a party in the 1900 block of Scenic Highway in Snellville.
On Sunday, Snellville police asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate the death of Nasir Davis, 16, of Lithonia.
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Investigators determined that during the fight, Keegan Gates, 17, shot Davis.
Investigators say the two knew each other.
Davis was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Gates was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail and will face charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a person under 18.
The Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy on Davis.
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