4 young men shot dead in Georgia park; teenager arrested
DALTON, Ga. - An investigation is underway in northwest Georgia after authorities said four people – three of them teenagers – were found shot dead in a park.
A 16-year-old has been arrested and charged with four counts of felony murder.
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Deputies were dispatched to Pleasant Grove Park in Dalton around 11:15 p.m. Saturday after reports of gunshots. When they arrived, they found four people dead.
Those killed were Joshua Pedro Pelico-Pelico, 19, of Dalton; David Antonio Delgadillo, 21, of Dalton; Daniel Segura-Cruz, 17, of Rome; and Robert Valencia, 18, also from Rome.
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Segura-Cruz was a student at Rome High School.
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Sheriff Scott Chitwood said investigators believe the shooting stems from others coming from Rome to meet two of those killed at the park “for the purpose of obtaining contraband.”
“Evidence also suggests that both parties arrived at the location with firearms,” Chitwood said in a statement. “As a result of this encounter between the two parties, gunshots were exchanged between the subjects.”
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