Teen charged with aggravated battery in connection with Saturday shooting
Featured Stories February 22, 2022
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County authorities arrested a 16-year-old male in connection with the shooting of another 16-year-old male Saturday at The Villages at Castleberry Subdivision.
Responding to a 9-1-1 call, deputies learned the two teens were home alone and had acquired a handgun belonging to the parents of one of the juveniles. Sheriff’s Deputies, Forsyth County Fire and EMS arrived on scene and began lifesaving first aid of the juvenile who was injured.
The preliminary investigation revealed the juveniles were playing with the handgun and had apparently loaded and unloaded it several times when the juvenile living at the home pointed the weapon at the other and discharged a single round striking him in the abdomen
Detectives with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit arrived on scene shortly thereafter to begin an initial investigation. Detectives believe that alcohol and drugs were a factor in the shooting. Both juveniles attend school in Forsyth County.
The injured juvenile is in stable condition at an area hospital. The juvenile who fired the handgun has been charged with Aggravated Battery and Minor in Possession of a Firearm and is currently in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Major Crimes Unit is continuing the investigation.
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Our deputies put the blame where it belongs which is on the juvenile who did the shooting. They didn’t blame the parents or the gun. They blamed the shooter. This is one more reason to be glad we live in Forsyth Country.
Why didn’t kids a few decades ago commit these horrific violent acts? Were we smarter? Probably not. But we did have discipline. Not the hickory switch discipline, the self discipline and respect for others that comes from being taught right from wrong at home, in the classroom, in Sunday School, and in community worship. This certainly isn’t what most have now with the all inclusive non-offending anything goes attitude.
Billy Graham saw this coming and tried to prevent it when he said “Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone except God.”
I couldn’t have said it better, Paul. Our country was so much when we respected ourselves and others. Thank you for reading Fetch Your News.