Suspect arrested in Atlanta fatal shooting of 6-month-old

ATLANTA (WGCL/CBS46) - Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and the Atlanta Police Department announced an arrest in connection with the shooting death of the 6-month-old boy.

Police said a 22-year-old man named Dequasie Jonathan Little was arrested in Decatur.

The child, identified as Grayson Fleming, was in the car with his mother near Anderson Avenue Northwest and Tiger Flowers Drive Northwest when their car was hit by gunfire.

Police said it appears the baby was caught in crossfire between two unknown people.

This has been the third shooting of a child in Atlanta this year. There have been about a dozen murders in Atlanta so far in 2022.

The baby was taken to Grady Hospital, where he died.

HEARTBREAKING: 6-month-old Grayson was shot and killed by a stray bullet, caught in the crossfire of a nearby gun battle Monday while strapped in the backseat of his mother's car in Atlanta. @cbs46 https://t.co/aY6YD6zH2d pic.twitter.com/k4Q0nfb8q4
— Rebekka Schramm (@SchrammCBS46) January 25, 2022

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said in a tweet Monday night: “Our hearts are broken for the loss of this innocent child. We mourn this unfathomable tragedy tonight with the family. Please us in keeping them in your hearts & prayers. This kind of lawlessness must end, & these criminals must be held able.”

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