By Associated Press - Sunday, December 8, 2019

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. (AP) - Police in Southside Virginia say two people were shot and killed by a teenage boy outside a vape shop.

News outlets report that a 17-year-old boy turned himself into the South Boston Police Department after a Saturday night shooting left two people dead.

Police said 20-year-old Davonte Shamar Powell suffered an apparent gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. An unidentified 17-year-old male victim was transported to a hospital but died from an apparent gunshot wound to the neck.



The alleged shooter was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and was taken by authorities to a juvenile detention facility.

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