List of Georgia juveniles, teens killed or injured in 2023 by guns

The following is a list of fatal and non-fatal shootings involving juveniles and teenagers (ages 19 and under) in the state of Georgia for the year of 2023.

FATAL SHOOTINGS IN METRO ATLANTA

DECEMBER

Dec. 9: 19-year-old Aden Stone killed in Sandy Springs. Two people arrested. 

NOVEMBER

Nov. 25: 16-year-old killed in Milledgeville
4 people arrested in connection to teenager's death. 

Nov. 6: 19-year-old Tavares Boyd killed in SW Atlanta apartment complex. 

OCTOBER

Oct. 28: 15-year-old male killed in Griffin
Shot and killed at Ava Park apartments on West College Street. No arrests. 

Oct. 15: 17-year-old unidentified Sade Nrppls killed 
Shot multiple times in the 500 block of Lynnhaven Drive SW near Emma Millican Park

Oct. 4: 16-year-old Jaylan Rodgers. Killed on Meadowood Drive. 14-year-old arrested for murder. 

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 30: 15-year-old unidentified male 
Shot near intersection of South 5th Street and East Poplar Street after a high school football game in Griffin. 17-year-old Kaomarion Kendricks identified as suspect.

Sept. 30: 14-year-old unidentified individual
Shot on Rock Chapel Road. Police have several persons of interest. 

Sept. 23: 17-year-old Derrion Johnson 
One of 3 people shot in targeted shooting near West End Mall in Atlanta. A 38-year-old man and a 20-year-old man also killed.

Sept. 19: 18-year-old Junior Gabriel Linares 
Shot to death in the street in Gainesville. Victor Alejadro Flores and Anthony Rebollar, both 18, were arrested. 

Sept. 17: 19-year-old Michael Paul Maddox II 
Dropped off with gunshot wounds at hospital in Lawrenceville.

Sept. 14: 18-year-old Antwain Crawford
Shot to death in Valdosta. 19-year-old Jeremiah Pritchett-Rudolph arrested for shooting. 

Sept. 5: 1-year-old Royalty Clark 
Clark reportedly shot himself. Conrad Carrington Clark was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Sept. 4: 7-year-old Zayre Jerome Daugherty
Shot inside car at a DeKalb County gas station. Two children in car at the time. Father Dante Daughterty arrested for 2nd degree murder. 

Sept. 4: 19-year-old Erika Aaliya Stephens killed at Decatur gas staton. 19-year-old also injured.

Sept. 2: 17-year-old Stephon Ford 
Shot to death by Clayton County Police Department during chase. Killed a police K-9 before death.

Sept. 5: 1-year-old Royal Clark of Marietta accidentally shoots himself.

AUGUST

Aug. 30: 6-month-old Charles Watson Jr. 
Baby shot to death in "targeted shooting." At least two shooters.

Aug. 27: 14-year-old Gabrielle Griffin 
Shot to death in Valdosta home. Several teens present. 18-year-old Jayden McCutchin arrested for 2nd degree murder.

Aug. 37: 16-year-old Rosario Montes 
Found shot to death with his 23-year-old sister on the side of interstate in Gwinnett County.

Aug. 21: 19-year-old Waffle House employee Bernard Williams 
Shot to death outside of Waffle House. 18-year-old Walter Hopson and 17-year-old Tyjere Bey-Robinson arrested.

Aug. 12: 18-year-old Luis Salgado 
Shot multiple times in southwest Atlanta parking lot

Aug. 11: 18-year-old unidentified male
An 18-year-old Hispanic male killed in parking lot near nightclub in Castleberry Hill neighborhood. 

Aug. 6: 15-year-old Tayshawn Omari Dean shot to death at Acworth apartment complex. 

Aug. 2: 17-year-old Paul Statham Jr.
Killed after reportedly shooting 31-year-old Tyrenski Odom in Hall County. 

JULY 

July 23: 18-year-old Andres David Buitrago Castillo
Shot to death at apartment complex in Gwinnett County.  Authorities say they arrested 16-year-old Salvador Ruiz-Gonzalez and 15-year-old Andy Antonio-Herrera in connection with the shooting.

July 17: 19-year-old Khaliyah Jones 
Jones from Fayetteville was reportedly kidnapped and killed by her ex-boyfriend, 20-year-old Cameron Ja'Michael Hopkins on Albany 

July 15: Unidentified 16-year-old male 
An unidentified 16-year-old male, working at an IHOP in DeKalb County, was reportedly shot by another 16-year-old male. 

JUNE

June 29: 16-year-old unidentified teen
Autistic teen killed in Lovejoy Park in Clayton County. Mother believes teen lured out of house. 

June 24: 18-year-old Katherine Maline Castillo-Martinez
Shot and killed at mobile home in Paulding County. 

June 23: 18-year-old Dallas Johnson
Shot and killed in church parking lot in Spalding County. 

June 20: 15-year-old Mario Favors killed in triple shooting in SW Atlanta. 

June 19: 18-year-old Quentyn Burgess and 19-year-old Kobe McCrary
Burgess was shot and killed during murder anniversary vigil and McCrary was shot in the elbow. 

June 15: 19-year-old Brian Arnold-Causey
Shot in Lenor Park in Gwinnett County, dropped off at Atlanta fire station. 

June 3: 9-year-old King Javier Black 
Shot while visiting friends at home on East Washington Avenue in East Point. 

MAY

May 31: 17-year-old Brian Brown
Killed in Powder Springs on Martin Street. Four males between ages 17 and 21 arrested after shooting. 

May 29: 19-year-old Ja'quavious Lackey
Killed in Covington during a "domestic incident." 

May 28: 15-year-old unidentified boy
Shot in face in Cobb County on Quiet Creek Court

May 27: 16-year-old Bre-Asia Powell killed and 16-year-old boy injured
Killed outside Benjamin E Mays High School during an unofficial graduation party. 18-year-old Jaquan Withers and 19-year-old Willie Dennis have been arrested.

May 27: 17-year-old Monatvious Gunn 
Killed in LaGrange. A 16-year-old was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter. 

May 22: 18-year-old Dominic McKibbins
Killed outside recording studio on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway. Another teenager also badly injured. 

May 20: 17-year-old Devon Mitchell
Shot in the 100 block of Ollie St. NW on May 11. Died in hospital on May 20.  

May 16: 19-year-old Caleb Demond Thomas
Killed in Bartow County. Two teenagers, ages 19 and 15, arrested for his death.

May 17: 19-year-old Aidn Shaw
Killed in home invasion in Acworth. An 18-year-old and 20-year-old are believed to be responsible.

APRIL

April 30: 16-year-old Jaylan Majo
Killed on East Point MARTA platform. 15-year-old and 18-year-old arrested for his murder. 

April 28: 17-year-old Tayshawn Fotson
Shot and killed in 3500 block of Panthersville Road 

April 20: 19-year-old Jalen Curtis
Killed at Flipper Temple Apartments on Abner Terrace 

April 17: 2-year-old Ayden King
Shot himself in face in apartment at Phoenix Landing Apartments on Whitesville Street

April 13: 19-year-old Calvin Anton McDowell
Killed in SW Atlanta home on Woodland Avenue 

April 7: 18-year-old Jeremiah McCrae
Killed in Newnan. Was defending girlfriend from her brother. 

April 2: 2-year-old Ayden Demetrias King of LaGrange shoots self with gun. 

MARCH 

March 31: 18-year-old Jada Brown
Killed in parking lot in Valdosta

March 20: 17-year-old Joy Gray
Killed by brother, along with parents, in Rockdale County

March 14: 16-year-old teenager
Killed outside home on Pleasant Forest Drive in DeKalb County along with 22-year-old. Neither identified.

March 14: 11-year-old Asijah Love Jones
Killed by bullet fired into home in Spalding County.

March 4: 15-year-old Samuel Moon and 14-year-old Ajanaye Hill
Killed outside Sweet 16 birthday party in Douglasville. 18-year-old Timothy Lamar Coleman Jr. and 17-year-old twins, Chase Terrence McDowell and Chance Terrell McDowell, arrested.

March 4: 16-year-old Nasir Truitt
Killed at LaGrange skate park. 15-year-old arrested for the shooting.

March 1: 2-year-old Jaylea Hutchinson
Killed in Habersham County by pellet gun 

March 1: 16-year-old Jose Daniel Martinez
Found shot to death in Gwinnett County abandoned home. A 20-year-old was arrested for his death. 

FEBRUARY

Feb. 21: 15-year-old Madisson Gesswein
Shot to death in bed in Peachtree City. Three 18-year-olds identified as Justus Smith, Jacobean Brown and Yeshua Mathis were arrested.

Feb. 14: 13-year-old Jaeden Travis 
Shot in street near his home on Windward Lane in Norcross. 

Feb. 4: 15-year-old Quendarrious Woodyard
Shot and killed at a popular convenience store in LaGrange. 

Feb. 2: 18-year-old Syee Devon Havior
Shot during home invasion in Baldwin County. At least one juvenile arrested in connection to shooting. 

Feb. 1: 15-year-old Lloyd Foster
Killed in NW Atlanta. 19-year-old also injured. 

JANUARY

Jan. 20: 19-year-old Joshua Wick
Shot multiple times in Athens

Jan. 21: 13-year-old Deshon DuBose
Killed outside Cascade Family Skating

Jan. 10: 18-year-old Akhir Muhammad
Killed outside DeKalb County gas station. 18-year-old arrested for shooting. 

Jan. 3: 18-year-old Quinton Morris 
Killed in Clayton County. 17-year-old arrested for shooting. 

Jan. 1: 19-year-old Jayce Pirtle
Killed in DeKalb County 

NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS

• Dec. 28: 18-year-old shot at gas station on Cascade Road SW. 
• Dec. 20: 13-year-old injured in Augusta.
• Dec. 19: 18-year-old Savahna Chamblee injured in Vidalia.
• Dec. 16: 16-year-old male injured in Macon.
• Dec. 8: 16-year-old injured in shooting near Elm St. NW and Joseph E Boone Blvd. 
• Dec. 3: 13-year-old injured in shooting on Fletcher Street. 
• Nov. 11: 19-year-old shot on Cedar Creek Parkway, Decatur. Life-threatening injuries.
• Oct. 28: 4 injured -- 3 females, 1 male -- at house party in Dekalb County.
• Oct. 19: 13-year-old male. Shot while walking on Cleveland Avenue.
• Oct. 8: 17-year-old injured. Shot in apartment complex parking lot in west Atlanta. No arrest.
• Oct. 4: 19-year-old shot in the groin on Alison Court SW.
• Sept. 18: 17-year-old male shot in the face in Milledgeville.
• Sept. 17: 17-year-old shot multiple times on Mount Zion Road SE.
• Sept. 16: 16-year-old David Ramirez Sevilla shot by police in Gwinnett County.
• Sept. 16: 16-year-old injured on Lloyd Road in DeKalb County.
• Sept. 14: 17-year-old Tavares Peugh shot multiple times in Paulding County.
• Sept. 5: Juvenile injured, age unknown. Shot in Fort Valley.
• Sept. 5: 16-year-old injured in Richmond County. 19-year-old arrested.
• Sept. 3: 2 children, ages 3 and 15, injured near Fairburn Heights.
• Aug. 30: 14-year-old injured in Columbus.
• Aug. 16: 17-year-old injured on Humphries Street in Atlanta.
• Aug. 18: 17-year-old male shot in Acworth, no one arrested
• Aug. 18: 18-year-old male shot outside football game in Jonesboro
• Aug. 15: 17-year-old male shot near Welch Street SW and Stephens Street SW
• Aug. 10: Two 17-year-olds shot in Midtown Atlanta; unknown if related
• Aug. 6: Two 19-year-olds shot on Lakewood Avenue SE.
• Aug. 5: 18- and 15-year-olds shot on Greenhaven Drive SE.
• July 21: Unidentified 12-year-old boy, shot in home in Stone Mountain.
• July 17: Unknown age and sex: Shot 3 times, 18-year-old Samarrh Norris arrested. 19-year-old Denorris Lee Jr. wanted.
• July 18: Child of unknown age, sex: Injured while Cobb County parents struggled over gun
• July 18: 14-year-old unidentified male: Grazed by bullet during drive-by shooting in DeKalb County
• June 29: 17-year-old injured: Atlanta mother, 31-year-old Jaquana Butler, accused of shooting son over video games.
• June 27: 18-year-old Eric Colton: Shot twice during incident on Revis Street
• June 27: 19-year-old injured: Shot at Ben Hill Recreation Center on Fairburn Road SW.
• June 24: 3 teens injured: 3 unidentified teens, ages 18, 16 and 15, shot during graduation party in Bibb County.
• June 20: 2-year-old: Shot in parking lot of apartment complex on Maypop Lane. Man and woman also shot.
• June 20: 14-year-old boy: Shot near apartment complex in 300 block of Skipper Place NW
• June 1: 1-month-old child: Hit by stray bullet inside home on Middleton Road in NW Atlanta
• May 25: 3 teenagers -- ages 16, 17 and 17: Shot near graduation party in Lawrenceville
• April 28: 16-year-old boy: Shot at apartment complex in the 3000 block of Lumby Drive in Panthersville
• April 16: 10-month-old boy: Grazed by bullet. Shot outside of home on Fairland Drive in SE Atlanta. Report noted that this was 24th child shot in Atlanta so far in 2023.
• April 10: 10-year-old child: Shot in 500 block of Woodlawn Avenue in NW Atlanta
• March 30: 6-year-old Justin and 7-year-old Mai: Hit by stray bullets inside apartment on Bouldercrest Road in DeKalb County
• Feb. 22:  12-year-old female and 13-year-old boy: Shot at Parkside at Mechanicsville apartments on McDaniel Street
• Feb. 21: 10-year-old boy: Hit by stray bulled inside home on Washington Street SW
• Feb. 18: Nine juveniles injured, including 5-year-old child: Gas station in Columbus
• Feb. 7: Age/sex unknown: Shot at residence in 5500 block of Hilltop Pass in South Fulton

OUTSIDE METRO ATLANTA

• Dec. 22: 13-year-old Lavonte Seward Jr. killed in Valdosta. Father arrested. 
• Dec. 13: 19-year-old Jeremiah Watkins killed at Burger King in Dublin.
• Dec. 12: 19-year-old Tyler Smith killed in Augusta. Michael Jason Mills wanted for murder.
• Dec. 10: 17-year-old Brandon Smith killed in Manchester.
• Dec. 4: 16-year-old Semaj Floyd killed in Savannah. 
• Nov. 21: 18-year-old Jermaine Thirkield killed in Columbus.
• Nov. 18: 17-year-old Mondrell Gordon killed in Columbus.
• Nov. 12: 4-year-old Zykee Ryans accidentally shoots self with unsecured gun. Mother and older brother charged. 
• Nov. 10: 13-year-old Malia Clark killed in Perry while four teens were playing with a gun. A 16-year-old and Clark's 17-year-old brother charged with involuntary manslaughter.
• Oct. 31: 19-year-old Faybe'ann Ragsdale killed in Walton County.
• Oct. 28: 14-year-old Tre'Mon Jarrell killed in Macon. Tylik Mantrez Green arrested.
• Oct. 27: 19-year-old Shaliyah Collins killed in Savannah. 
• Oct. 17: 19-year-old Camren Walker killed in Bainbridge. 
• Oct. 13: 19-year-old Demarion Harris killed in Warner Robins. 
• Oct. 11: 19-year-old Todd Thompson Jr. killed in Glynn County. 
• Oct. 4: 17-year-old shot in Savannah.
• Oct. 3: 11-month-old shot by 2-year-old in Glynn County. Father arrested.
• Oct. 3: 18-year-old male shot in Columbus. No arrests.
• Oct. 2: 19-year-old Dameon Johnson killed, 18-year-old Cody Hall injured in Monroe.
• Oct. 2: 19-year-old injured on Timberlake Terrace in Covington.
• Oct. 1: 3-year-old Jhalani Malayah Blow killed on Toney Drive in Columbus.
• Sept. 30: 19-year-old Cameran Iasiah Jerrell Williams killed in Macon.
• Sept. 20: 19-year-old Rondarrius Wedges. Shot multiple times in Cordele.
• Sept. 25: 17-year-old Christopher Wellmaker. Shot to death in Barnesville.
• Sept. 21: 19-year-old Rondarrius Wedges shot to death in Cordele. 
• Sept. 18: 15-year-old De'Shun Lindsey. Shot while playing basketball at Columbus recreation Center.
• Sept. 18: 4-year-old Jacquese Walker Jr.. Killed by his father, Jacquese Walker Sr., who also shot child's mother multiple times.
• Sept. 16: 16-year-old Shamiriuna Coney shot to death in Dublin by 20-year-old boyfriend. 
• Sept. 6: 16-year-old Shamiriuna Coney. Shot to death in Dublin. 20-year-old Latavious Ramon Walker has been arrested.
• Sept. 2: 19-year-old Kemorion Peterson. Shot multiple times at his apartment in Albany.
• Aug. 30: 16-year-old Dayton Willis. Shot multiple times in Columbus.
• Aug. 26: 19-year-old Khia Shields. Shot to death in home in Wrens.
• Aug. 21: 19-year-old Madrell Reynolds. Shot to death in Savannah. Karon Shields arrested.
• Aug. 20: 17-year-old Jabari Walker. Shot to death in Statesboro.
• Aug. 1: 18-year-old Jaylin Evans. Killed in Cairo.
• Aug. 1: 15-year-old Juanya Holliman killed in Augusta. 15-year-old Tyrone Dorsey arrested for murder. 
• July 29: 15-year-old male. Killed in Covington.
• July 17: Unidentified 15-year-old. Killed in Savannah. 18-year-old arrested for murder.
• July 7: 16-year-old Bobby Lyons. Killed in Columbus.
• June 13: 16-year-old Mykal Ellis: Killed in Brunswick
• June 1: 15-year-old Jordan Gaynor: Killed outside convenience store in Augusta, 3 men arrested.
• May 29: 4-year-old Phoenix Daniels of Grovetown fatally shoots self. Father charged. 
• May 22: 16-year-old Derrkick Putmon: Killed on sidewalk in Putnam County
• May 22: 14-year-old Jayden Tate: Killed after school in Columbus
• April 18: 19-year-old Camera Anderson: Killed in Statesboro at Cambridge at the Pines apartments
• April 16: 17-year-old Kelsey McDuffie: Killed during a gun lesson in Bulloch County
• April 8: 15-year-old Ozia Gore: Killed after shots fired into Macon home, 17-year-old Raheem Seree Smith arrested.
• April 6: 15-year-old Zaire Person: Killed during large party in Augusta
• March 31: 18-year-old Jada Brown: Killed in parking lot in Valdosta
• March 31: 17-year-old Keshawn Davinel Hunt: Killed in Albany
• March 28: 13-year-old Buddy Brown; Killed while picking up Door Dash delivery at his home in Augusta
• March 28: 19-year-old Da'Quantavious Proctor; Shot in parking lot of McDonald's on Peach Orchard Road in Richmond County
• March 18: 18-year-old Claudarius Caesar: Killed in Albany. Victim's girlfriend and another person arrested.
• March 8: 18-year-old Nazenta Phillips: Killed on East 55th Street in Savanna
• March 8: 17-year-old Kingsly Gibbs: Killed in Morgan. 17-year-old Imunn Sanford also shot.
• March 6: 10-year-old Damarion Byrd: Killed by bullet fired into Milledgeville mobile home. Two men, a teen and a woman arrested.
• March 2: 15-year-old unidentified male: Killed while attempting to rob Hawkinsville home
• Feb. 23: 19-year-old Keymarion Manor: Killed in Macon. Another teen also injured.
• Feb. 19: 15-year-old Leonardo "Kent" Luke: Killed in Columbus at home on Village Way near St. Mary's Road
• Feb. 18: 18-year-old Michael Carter Jr.: Killed along with parents at motel in Columbus. 4-year-old boy also injured.
• Feb. 16: 16-year-old Da'Marcus Faison: Killed in Columbus on Mount Pleasant Drive
• Feb. 7: 19-year-old Zykeivion Porter: Killed in Moultrie, 19-year-old Jason Doan Ho arrested.
• Jan. 28: 13-year-old A'Rhianna Moye: Accidentally shot by 17-year-old brother in Jefferson County home
• Jan 10: 15-year-old Ashton Nikolas Robert; Killed in Macon
• Jan. 7: 17-year-old Giancarlos Rivera: Killed at Spring Creek Village Apartments in Columbus