GEORGIA — A man is facing charges after police say he shot a juvenile who was allegedly breaking into his car early Friday morning in southwest Atlanta.
According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers were called to Fairburn Road SW just before 2:30 a.m., where they found a juvenile suffering from a gunshot wound to the foot. The victim was taken to Arthur M. Blank Children’s Hospital for treatment.
Investigators said the juvenile told officers he was shot after breaking into a car. Police later determined that the vehicle’s owner, identified as 51-year-old Yoshay Carter, had confronted the juvenile and then fired the shot.
Carter was arrested and booked into the Fulton County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault.
