Three people have been arrested and a teen is dead after police say a narcotics transaction just east of Lawrenceville turned into a shootout on Monday.
The Gwinnett County Police Department said Damonta Sears, age 17, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after he was found shot on Barnett Bluff Drive in the Coldwater Creek neighborhood off of Bramlett Shoals Road.
While police were investigating the scene, they found another teen who had been shot.
“Officers located a vehicle associated with the incident. Inside the vehicle were 21-year-old Aldair Hernandez-Moreno and 17-year-old Luis Hernandez-Moreno,” the police department said in a statement. “Luis was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to the hospital. His injuries were reported to be non-life-threatening.”…