Sweet 16 Party Ends in Gunfire, Four Teens wounded in Gwinnett County

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Police are hunting for a gunman who fired as many as two dozen shots at a sweet 16 birthday party Saturday night. WSB-TV reports four students from Shiloh High School in Snellville were wounded.  As many as 75 teenagers were partying inside a private home, according to an account from 11alive.com. Witnesses said they heard arguing outside right before the shooting started.  The gunman is described as an uninvited guest who showed up with a rifle, stood outside the house and shot at the windows.

Charity Streetball Tourney Honors Murdered Teen, Raises Scholarship Funds

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The unprovoked murder of an Atlanta teen just a few minutes after midnight on New Year’s Eve has inspired the creation of a charity street basketball tour whose next stop is Mt. Zion High School in Jonesboro on January 30. Fourteen-year old Reuben Hand was on his way home with friends after watching the Peach Drop when he was attacked by a stranger at the Five Points Marta station.  They argued over a cell phone.  Police identified the man as Tommy Christopher Collins, and accused him of stabbing Reuben in the neck.