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Related: About this forum12-year-old shot and killed in front of family while working in yard
https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-year-shot-killed-front-family-working-yard/story?id=7368366312-year-old shot and killed in front of family while working in yard
Police are searching for the suspect after he fled the scene.
ByIvan Pereira
October 18, 2020, 5:44 PM ET
2 min read
Police in Georgia are asking for the public's help in finding a suspect who they say shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in front of his family.
Clayton County Police said Brayan Zavala was fixing a lawnmower with his father and brother in the family's front yard in Riverdale, Georgia, Thursday night when a masked person approached him.
The suspect was allegedly armed with a shotgun and fired a single shot, which struck Brayan, according to the police.
The boy died at the scene and the suspect fled before officers arrived, the police said.
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12-year-old shot and killed in front of family while working in yard (Original Post)
sl8
Oct 2020
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dewsgirl
(14,964 posts)1. Heartbreaking.💔😔
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)2. RIP Brayan. You deserved so much better than this...
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BlueTsunami2018
(4,151 posts)3. Who assassinates a 12 year old kid?
Thats some strange shit right there. I wonder what the story is.