{"id":1418789,"date":"2022-04-04T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418789"},"modified":"2022-04-04T20:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:15:01","slug":"georgia-teen-shot-killed-outside-own-barbershop-family-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-teen-shot-killed-outside-own-barbershop-family-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Teen Shot, Killed Outside Own Barbershop, Family Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-teen-shot-killed-outside-own-barbershop-family-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418789&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Relatives of a 17-year-old Georgia boy who was shot and killed outside of a barbershop Saturday afternoon have identified the victim as Anthony \u201cChina\u201d McClain, who owned Da Barbas\u2019 Lab, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Officers with the Clayton County Police Department responded to the 5400 block of West Fayetteville Road in College Park at 4:16 p.m. Saturday after receiving a report of a shooting victim, the CCPD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClaytonCountyPD\/posts\/379887330843154\">said<\/a> in a release Saturday night. The victim, who police said was found dead in the River Station Shopping Center parking lot, was identified by relatives as McClain, CBS 46 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs46.com\/2022\/04\/02\/fatal-shooting-investigation-underway-clayton-county\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Family says the victim was only 17 years old. They say he was standing outside of the barbershop where he worked when he was hit by a stray bullet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbs46?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cbs46<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMilwhvuai\">https:\/\/t.co\/DMilwhvuai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jasmina Alston (@JasminaAlstonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasminaAlstonTV\/status\/1510414088349917191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police said an altercation had ensued in the parking lot when gunshots began to ring out, WSBTV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/it-hasnt-hit-me-yet-mother-teen-barber-killed-outside-clayton-county-shop-deals-with-loss\/HUJBZOPEPBA5HJYP2JCYTVCSSA\/\">reported<\/a>. McClain\u2019s mother, Nora Huff, told the outlet that he was walking out of the shop when he was struck. She noted that he was an innocent bystander.<\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cI\u2019m almost 99% sure that he went outside to give me a call to tell me that something was going on,\u201d Huff told the outlet. She added that she had been at the shop for much of the day, and left only moments before she received a fateful phone call.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cThe first call was from one of my barbers. He told me that something tragic had happened in the shop, and that I needed to get here,\u201d she told WSBTV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On her way back to Da Barbas\u2019 Lab, she received another call.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cI said, \u2018Please tell me, is it my child? He said \u2018Yes it is,&#8217;\u201d Huff added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0The <em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/crime\/reports-teen-fatally-shot-outside-his-clayton-county-business\/NJ4WM3UOEVEOPH3IEIKVBEDYEM\/\">noted<\/a> that no arrests had been made as of Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Huff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/crime\/mom-of-clayton-county-teen-killed-outside-barbershop-mourns-son\/85-b4560c66-57e8-4ace-9c3a-7f513b29affa\">told<\/a> 11Alive that she transferred the business to her son in January.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, she visited the barbershop and met with those in the community grieving her son\u2019s death, the outlet noted. A coworker of McClain\u2019s set up a vigil for the teen outside of the business, including candles and a teddy bear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lashawn Hood, who identified herself as McClain\u2019s cousin, painted the picture of a highly ambitious young man when she spoke to CBS 46 on Saturday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Very motivated. Like this morning, he went and worked out this morning at the gym and came to work, and now, he\u2019s no longer with us due to gun violence. He was a very helpful child, loved his parents, loved his brothers and just, very motivated and just a good kid.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Huff told 11Alive that Da Barbas\u2019 Lab was one of two businesses her son owned, noting he recently set up an LLC for his organic juice company.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cHe said because we deserved that on the south side, you shouldn\u2019t just be able to go to Buckhead to have a come in to shop\u2026So he did. He did it all,\u201d Huff said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relatives of a 17-year-old Georgia boy who was shot and killed outside of a barbershop Saturday afternoon have identified the victim as Anthony \u201cChina\u201d McClain, who owned Da Barbas\u2019 Lab,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}