It didn’t take long for police to track down who they think shot and killed a 13-month-old baby in Georgia last week, and now, they are saying an anonymous tip was the key.
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The Brunswick Police Department in Georgia said that they got a tip that someone was crouching in the back seat of a vehicle as it drove away from the shooting on Thursday. The Glynn County detective’s division then spent hours following up on the tip, which eventually led them to the arrest of a 14-year-old suspect.
That suspect, who is allegedly an accomplice in the shooting, led police to 17-year-old De’Marquise Elkins.
But Elkins and his family deny that he was the one who murdered Sherry West’s 13-month-old baby. West claims that she was walking home when Elkins and a younger boy approached and asked her for money. When she told them she didn’t have any, she said the boys (originally described as a 15-year-old and a 10-year-old) shot her in the leg, and her baby in the head.
The two then allegedly fled on foot into a residential neighborhood.
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On Monday, the younger of the two teens appeared in court before Judge Timothy Barton. After reading him his Miranda rights, the judge asked the teen if he had any questions, to which he replied, “no.” The teen’s mother, Brenda Moses, told CNN earlier that her son was “just a witness,” and “he didn’t do anything wrong.”
His name is not being released because he is a minor. It is unclear whether he or Elkins will be charged as adults or juveniles.
This story is developing.
SOURCE: WPTV
