One suspect is in custody and another still at large in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl at an Old Fourth Ward apartment complex on Saturday night.
Atlanta homicide detectives were able to identify suspects in the investigation and obtained arrest warrants for Deshon Collins, 23, and Kemeka Springfield, 44.
Springfield is in custody charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Collins is still at large and has arrest warrants for murder, cruelty towards children, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
According to the initial police report, officers responded to the Camden Vantage apartments at 180s Jackson Street just after 10 p.m. on Aug. 27. Upon arrival, officers discovered the girl, Ava Phillips, with a gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced deceased inside an apartment.
Preliminary investigation indicates the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute that escalated to gunfire during a family gathering.
