Police Say Georgia 3-Year-Old Fatally Shot During Family Dispute

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A 3-year-old was shot and killed Tuesday night in the midst of a family dispute, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Gwinnet County police Cpl. Jake Smith told the newspaper the boy was shot in the driveway of his Lilburn, Ga. home by a shooter believed to be a family member. Smith said investigators believe a family dispute resulted in shots being fired, and that the alleged shooter had intended to hit another relative, not the child.

Luis Efrain Torres, who lived at the Lilburn address where police said the shooting occurred, was booked Wednesday on charges of murder and aggravated assault, according to the Journal-Constitution.

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