Uber driver’s body left in road on New Year’s; 15-year-old charged with murder in Gwinnett County
A 15-year-old has been charged with murder as an adult after an Uber driver was killed in an apparent carjacking.
Lawrenceville police used Ring camera footage to help find the suspect.
Police responded to the 600 block of Groveland Parkway around 5:20 a.m. Thursday and found a dead man lying in the road. He was identified as a 58-year-old man who suffered at least one gunshot wound.
Investigators said Ring footage showed a black SUV stopping and dropping the man in the road before driving off. They determined the vehicle belonged to the victim.
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The vehicle was tracked to a home on Hardwood Circle in Lilburn around 1 p.m. and officers arrested the 15-year-old boy.
The victim’s name has been withheld pending notification of family. The identity of the suspect has not been released due to his age, police said.
This investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Lawrenceville Police Department.
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