CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies have arrested a teenager in connection to the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy at a house party in Woodstock last month.
Landon Andrews, 14, was shot and killed at a home on Victoria Road on Oct. 17. Jaden Simmons, 19, was also shot and injured.
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Deputies said the shooting broke out during a large house party around 1:30 a.m. When deputies got there, they saw multiple cars driving away. Andrews was found with a gunshot wound to the torso in the back of the SUV. He died at the hospital.
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Simmons was shot in the hand and elbow. He was treated at the hospital and released.
Deputies believe the shooting may have stemmed from an earlier party at an apartment near Kennesaw State University where a fight broke out.
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Elijah Alexander Harrison, 17, at his home in Douglasville Thursday.
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Investigators believe that after shooting broke out inside the home, Harrison fired a gun at least six times from a moving car.
Harrison has been charged with six counts of aggravated assault and criminal damage to property. He has not been charged in the shooting of Simmons or Andrews.
Deputies said they are still working to identify who shot the teens.
Harrison is being held without bond at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.