

He also loved animals, science and dirt bikes. A charismatic young man, he was lovable and loved his family deeply.
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He was headed for a professional boxing career. My 15 year old son, Cameron, had a bright future. “My family and I are devastated and heartbroken.
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Smith released a full statement to Channel 2 Action News on Friday morning. Police are offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two of them, who they believe are the shooters. On Wednesday, police released surveillance video of the group of young people they believe were involved in the shooting. “Because these kids don’t get these guns themselves.”

“As a collective, we need to find a solution to unnecessary gun violence,” he said. Raheem said everyone has to pitch in to curb gun violence.

“We had all the resources but the one thing we were unable to deal with was the community, the environment, the city,” Smith said. But Smith said her son seemed to be on the straight-and-narrow. And you see all this, the violence on TV, but you never think one day you’ll be waking up and it will be your child,” Smith said.Ĭharles’ mother said she had pleaded with police for months to help her reign in her son, who was going down a bad path. Smith and Raheem both said the problem of gun violence among young people needs to stop, because right now, it could affect anyone. “I seen a lot of me in him, fighting,” Raheem said. Raheem said Jackson had dreams of competing in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. We talked about his dreams, his goals, his passion. “We called him Little Pooch,” his boxing coach, Zahir Raheem said. His coach, who was emotional as he spoke, said he’d never seen any evidence Cameron was involved with gang activity. “Cameron boxed six days a week, that’s how driven he was with boxing,” Smith said. ‘I don’t have him no more’: Family remembers 12-year-old killed in shooting near Atlantic Stationġ2-year-old boy identified as victim killed in shooting near Atlantic Station, mayor saysĪPD: 1 dead, 5 injured in 17th Street bridge shooting after group escorted off Atlantic Station Mother of 12-year-old boy shot, killed near Atlantic Station begged for help from Atlanta police Suspects caught on camera ‘celebrating’ after deadly Atlantic Station shooting, police say His mother, Tiffany Smith, said he had been boxing since he was nine years old.

His family members and coach painted a portrait of a good kid who was a an Olympic boxing hopeful. On Thursday, Jackson’s family held a news conference and said Cameron is not the person police have portrayed him as. Police said two of the older members of the group are the suspected shooters. Police said they are still investigating if the shooting was gang related, but surveillance video appears to show the same group of teens involved in the fight flashing gang symbols on a MARTA station after the shooting. Zyion Charles, 12, died at the scene that night. Jackson spent several days in the hospital before dying from this injuries on Wednesday. Lily Oppenheimer contributed to this report.The family of a 15-year-old boy who died after a shooting near Atlantic Station over the weekend defended him Thursday after police said he was targeted.Ĭhannel 2 Action News first told you about the shooting on WSB Tonight on Saturday night.Ĭameron Jackson, 15, was one of six young people shot that night after a fight near Atlantic Station. Shipman sat down with WABE’s “Morning Edition” to discuss more on Georgia’s loosened gun legislation, youth gun violence statistics and more citywide solutions. Brian Kemp signed the Constitutional Carry Act into law in April of this year, which allows most Georgians to carry concealed firearms without a permit. “Coming into this weekend, people under the age of 20 accounted for around 7% of the homicide victims, and 13% of the suspects in 2022,” Dickens said. Mayor Andre Dickens shared some statistics on youth violence in Atlanta during a press conference shortly after the shooting.Įven though there’s been a reduction in the percentage of youth homicide victims and suspects since last year, Dickens said parents need to stay vigilant, know when and where city curfews are and know where their children are. Police also recovered three handguns from the scene. APD tells WABE every person involved in the shooting was a teenager and they all knew each other.
