A 16-year-old has been charged with murder for the death of Christopher Estes on the 700 block of Shelly Lane in Rossville, Ga., Thursday night, confirmed Steve Wilson, Walker County sheriff.
Estes, 16, suffered a gunshot wound to the head, said Dewayne Wilson, Walker County coroner.
Wilson said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called to assist processing the crime scene, and Estes’ body will be taken to the GBI crime lab in Decatur, Ga.
The 16-year-old suspect was taken to the Regional Youth Development Center in Rome, Ga.
A group of individuals were gathered on the front porch of the home, according to a press release from the Walker County Sheriff’s Office. Then, the 16-year-old suspect removed a weapon from a backpack, pointed it at Estes and fatally shot him.