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Two teens dead in shooting near Gwinnett County lake, police say

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Updated  July 21, 2022 10:05am EDT
Snellville
FOX 5 Atlanta

Double murder investigation near Gwinnett County lake

Officers found two male victims shot to death in a neighborhood near Norris Lake in Gwinnett County early Thursday morning.

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Gwinnett County police are investigating a double homicide in a Snellville neighborhood early Thursday morning.

While details about the murders are limited, police tell FOX 5 that at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday officers responded to reports of a person shot at a home on Lake Drive near Norris Lake.

When law enforcement agents got on the scene, they found two victims dead from gunshot wounds.

Officials have now identified the victims as 17-year-old John Pendrack of Snellville and 19-year-old Aiden Reynolds of Conyers.

Both the Gwinnett County Police Department's Homicide Unit and the Crime Scene Unit are on the scene processing evidence left behind.

Police have not released the names of the two victims or the circumstances behind the shooting.

If you have any information that could help with the investigation, contact Gwinnett County detectives at 770-513-5300 or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477).