COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) A mother is facing charges that include assault and cruelty to children after police say she shot her 15-year-old son and another teen while trying to break up an argument.
College Park police Sgt. Jeff Hightower said a fight broke out between a group of youths and adults outside the woman's College Park apartment Saturday evening.
Hightower tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 33-year-old Latoya Tilson was hit in the face, then fired a handgun into the crowd.
Hightower says her 15-year-old son was shot in the back of the head and was in serious condition Sunday at Grady Memorial Hospital. Jail records do not list an attorney for Tilson.
The 15-year-old's father, Wayne Jones, tells WSB-TV that the situation spiraled out of control, and that the shooting was accidental.
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