A Georgia homeowner shot and killed three teens as they approached his residence with their faces covered, authorities said.
The masked teens, a 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds, approached three residents on Monday morning at the front yard of a home just outside Conyers and tried to rob them, the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office said.
He added, the three people at the residence and several neighbors were interviewed and that no charges had been filed so far. Two guns were found at the scene, but it was not clear to whom they belonged.
The homeowner involved has been taken in for questioning.
Rockdale County Deputy Lee Thomas said the teenagers were killed “during an exchange of gunfire”. One was found dead when police arrived on scene, while the other two died at a local hospital.
The teens’ names weren’t immediately released. They were from the area but did not live in the neighborhood they were in, the sheriff’s office said.
