Police ask for help identifying suspect involved in shooting death of 15-year-old at birthday party

MORROW, Ga. — Clayton County police offering a reward to anyone who can help identify a man they believe was involved in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl at a birthday party.

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Laila Harris was killed at a home in Morrow on Dec. 3, 2022.

Clayton County police say Harris was doing what most kids do. Enjoying a party thrown for metro-area high school students on Citizens Parkway near Morrow.

But trouble started when someone at the party was escorted off the property.

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“He came back with an accomplice and he shot up the location,” Julia Isaac with Clayton County Police said at a news conference.

On Friday, Atlanta CrimeStoppers released a still photo from surveillance video taken the night of the shooting.

Police are offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest.

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The still photo shows a person who appears to be wearing a skull cap or beanie with short locs, a puffer jacket and dark-colored pants.

If anyone has any information as to the identity of this person, or any information relevant to the incident or a possible suspect, should contact Crime Stoppers, the Clayton County Police at 770-3747 or Detective J. Johnson at 770-473-3989.

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