BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The lawyer for a suspect in the shooting death of a baby who was killed in his stroller says his client is "absolutely" not guilty.
Public defender Kevin Gough tells The Associated Press that 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins, who faces a murder charge, "is absolutely, 1,000 percent not guilty."
Gough made the comments as he prepares for Elkins' first court appearance Monday afternoon.
Earlier, a 14-year-old boy who also faces a murder charge appeared in court Monday morning in the death of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago in Brunswick.
The baby was killed Thursday morning as his mother, Sherry West, walked him on a Brunswick street. West said two boys confronted her and one of them opened fire. Police say she was shot in the leg, and her baby was shot in the face.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Police in Georgia say an anonymous tip helped them make arrests in the shooting death of baby who was killed in a stroller.
The Brunswick Police Department said Sunday that they got a tip that someone was crouched in the back seat of a vehicle as it drove away from the shooting on Thursday. The Glynn County detective's division spent hours following up on the tip and eventually arrested a 14-year-old suspect. The boy's statements led them to take 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins into custody.
Elkins is charged with murder in the death of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago. The baby's mother, Sherry West, said she was walking home when Elkins and a younger boy approached and asked her for money.
Elkins' family says he did not shoot the baby.
