Suspect found in shooting outside Ga. high school


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FAIRBURN, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a young man suspected in a fatal shooting outside a high school near Atlanta has turned himself in to police.

WSB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1s5beRn ) the 18-year-old suspect turned himself in at the Fulton County jail late Friday. Fulton County police had been searching for him in connection with an Oct. 3 shooting in a parking lot outside Langston Hughes High School. Police say 17-year-old Kristofer Hunter of College Park was shot after a football game at the school and later died at a hospital.

Police said they are still searching for a second suspect, a 19-year-old man, in connection with Hunter's death.

It was not immediately known what charges the suspect in custody faced or if he had an attorney.

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Information from: WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html

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