Crime & Safety
Man, 19, Charged In Teen's Shooting Death
Bartow County teenager Kyle Sheriff, 17, died Oct. 11 from a gunshot wound he sustained to the abdomen.
ACWORTH, GA -- A 19-year-old Acworth man has been charged with the shooting death of a 17-year-old teenager.
Bartow County sheriff's investigators have arrested Shady Al-Hussien and charged him with involuntary manslaughter, pointing a pistol at another person and tampering with evidence, spokesperson Sgt. Jonathan Rogers said.
Al-Hussien is accused of pulling the trigger on a firearm that killed 17-year-old Kyle Sheriff, and was arrested at a home in the 6800 block of Mohawk Drive near Acworth.
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He was booked into the Bartow County Jail early Friday evening.
Deputies with the sheriff's office and emergency personnel responded around 5 p.m. Oct. 11 to a home in the 4800 block of Ryan Road near Acworth.
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Crews arrived on the scene to find the 17-year-old in the home "with a gunshot wound to the abdomen," Rogers previously told Patch.
Sheriff was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead from his injuries. Rogers said Al-Hussien and Sheriff were friends, and "it is believed that the shooting was accidental."
Al-Hussien remains held at the jail without bond.
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