CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Police have made an arrest less than 16 hours after a gunman shot and killed a teenager at a popular shopping center.
Shoppers in the Lovejoy Village Plaza were angry this incident happened here and wanted the shooter off the street.
“I hope they catch the person that did it,” one shopper told Channel 2’s Tom Jones.
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Sheriff’s deputies say they arrested 22-year-old Yahiko West in the shooting death of 17-year-old Qi’Adrian Gordon.
The shooting happened near the Kroger on Tara Boulevard and Tara Road.
The gun violence had shoppers concerned about their safety.
“He did hit somebody and kill them. But think about the innocent bystanders that could have gotten shot during this incident,” Bruce Griggs said.
Police say Qi’Adrian was walking near the Kroger when a car pulled up and shot him multiple times before driving away around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
A nearby business says its surveillance camera recorded an image of the teen right before he was shot.
“I heard the gunshots. Then I immediately looked and seen the young man laying on the ground,” Brittney Edge said.
Edge says she saw a wounded Qi’Adrian right after she left Kroger.
“It broke my heart,” she said. “I didn’t sleep. I didn’t sleep last night.”
She was so bothered by what she saw, she came back out and placed flowers where he died. She’s also holding a block party in the West End focused on ending gang and gun violence, and focused on community building and healing.
“Let’s stop killing each other. This has to stop,” she said.
That block party will be Saturday at the West End park at 3:30.
West faces malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
The sheriff says his deputies and police worked hard to make this arrest.
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