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2 teens face murder charges in Macon apartment complex shooting

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2 teens face murder charges in Macon apartment complex shooting
2 teens face murder charges in Macon apartment complex shooting

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- On Tuesday, Bibb County Sheriff’s investigators arrested two teens in connection to the fatal shooting of Elijah Jones.

I'm tucker sargent.

Shelby coates will join us shortly.

Our top story tonight at 6: two teenagers have been arrested in connection to a deadly shooting at a macon apartment complex on monday.

The bibb county sheriff's office says eijah jones, the teen killed yesterday, wanted to sell a hand gun.

So jones and the other teen shot in the incident, tyrin riggins, met others on scotland avenue.

According to invesitgators, during the meeting one of the individuals reached inside the vehcile jones was driving and attempted to take the gun from him.

As he drive off, shots were fired into the vehicle, hiting jones in the upper torso and riggins in the leg.

Riggins then pulled jones into the passenger seat and drove to a friend's home at the sandy springs apartment complex on bloomfield road, and called 9-1-1.

According to the macon-bibb coroner, jones died shortly after at the complex.

Investigators arrested 15-year-old micah franklin and 17-year-old jaquandre burden in connection to the homicide.

They're charged as adults with murder and aggravated assault.

Investigators also need you help finding three other suspects in connection to the incident: 19-year-old christopher bonner, 17-year-old keymarion manor,

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