Overview
- Police say the child, seated in a car seat, was struck when bullets hit a vehicle stopped in traffic, and he remains in critical condition.
- The shooting unfolded around 6:53 p.m. Sunday near a gas station in the 300 block of North Stone Mountain Lithonia Road, and the boy’s father was unharmed.
- Three suspects — identified as 20-year-old Jonathon Tate, 21-year-old Julius Hughes, and an unnamed juvenile — are in custody on aggravated assault and firearm charges.
- Detectives identified a suspect vehicle from video, detained occupants during a traffic stop on Memorial Drive near North Hairston Road, and recovered a firearm and other evidence during a search at a Rock Meadow Drive home.
- Officials have not released the juvenile’s age or detailed medical updates; Chief Greg Padrick condemned the shooting as reckless and senseless, and the investigation remains active with tips accepted via Tip411 or Crime Stoppers.