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‘Heart of gold:’ 16-year-old DeKalb County boy murdered days before his birthday

‘Heart of gold:’ 16-year-old DeKalb County boy murdered days before his birthday

A 16-year-old boy is dead and DeKalb County police say his friend is the prime suspect in the case.

On Tuesday, family members identified the victim as 16-year-old Ashton Nicholas Moon.

“It hurts me because I saw him being born, but we ask for prayers, we do,” said family friend Kennsha Wilcox. Channel 2’s Audrey Washington on Tuesday. “It’s sad. We have lost a young person.”

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DeKalb County police said shortly after 6 p.m. Monday evening they went to the Oak Forest Apartments on Hatton Drive and found Ashton Moon with a gunshot wound to the torso. He later died in hospital.

The police have arrested a person. They said the suspect knew the victim.

Moon’s family told Washington the suspect was an old friend of the teen.

‘He was a good young man. He had a heart. He had a heart of gold,” said Ashton Moon’s grandmother.

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It is still unclear what led to the shooting.

“As far as I understand it, I don’t know the details. It was a misunderstanding,” Wilcox said. “We have to find something for our young people to do. It is a lot of crime, unnecessary crime.”

Moon’s grandmother said although heartbroken, she is at peace knowing her grandson is in a better place.

“And I know he’s resting. One day we all have to leave this world, but I’m going to miss Ashton,” she said.

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