HAMMOND —- An “issue” between two teenagers has left an 18-year-old dead and a 19-year-old behind bars.
It was around 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29th when Hammond Police officers responded to a hair salon at the Town & Country Shopping Center. That’s near Hwy. 51 and W. Thomas St. in Hammond.
Officers learned that the victim, 18 year-old Jermaine Stevenson Jr., was transported to North Oaks Medical Center in a personal vehicle. However, Stevenson did not survive his injuries.
Hammond officers say 19-year-old Kylan Green ran to Main’s Market nearby after the shooting and contacted the Hammond Police Department to report that he had shot someone. Officers responded and arrested him.
Green was booked into the Hammond Police Department Jail on charges of second-degree murder and illegal discharge of a weapon.
Hammond PD said the motive for the shooting remains under investigation.
“This is a senseless crime where two young kids had some type of issue with each other, and a life was taken. It is a shame that the suspect chose violence to resolve the problem, rather than some other means,” said HPD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr.
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