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Juvenile is second teen charged in man's killing


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A 17-year-old from Atlantic City was arrested Monday morning in the fatal shooting of an man earlier this month.

The juvenile is the second teen charged with murder in the Dec. 5 killing of Timothy Council Jr.

Oquan Thomas, 18, was arrested the next day, and remains jailed in the killing.

Council, 27, was found wounded near the High Gate on Absecon Boulevard after police responded to a ShotSpotter audio-gunshot detection alert just before 11 p.m. Dec. 5.

ShotSpotter captured 23 rounds fired in the area, according to the affidavit of probable cause obtained by BreakingAC.

The victim later was pronounced dead at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's City Campus. An autopsy determined he died from a single gunshot wound.

Surveillance footage shows muzzle flashes from the area where three suspects were during the shooting, the affidavit states. They are then seen running into an apartment in Carver Hall.

A third suspect has not been publicly released.

The juvenile was first charged Dec. 8, and faces allegations of murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.

PHOTO: Oquan Thomas appears for a detention hearing. He was eventually ordered held.

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