A 22-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for the taking pictures dying of a 6-month-old child using in a automobile the day earlier than, in line with Atlanta police.

Dequasie Little was arrested in Decatur, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant stated throughout a information convention. He's dealing with costs of felony homicide and aggravated assault, in line with the Atlanta Police Division web site.

"I cannot cheerlead that we have been capable of apprehend this individual in a brief time period," Bryant stated within the information convention. "I'm mad as hell that the incident occurred within the first place."

Bryant didn't present particulars concerning Little's arrest, however stated: "his actions should not a shock." He stated the police are assured they've the shooter.

"We have now the primary individual on this one and we'll proceed to go after others that we consider have been concerned on this incident," he stated.

Police responded to a name a couple of shot round Anderson Ave. at roughly 2:36 p.m. Monday, Bryant stated. Police arrived on the scene and located the kid shot. He was transported to the hospital and pronounced lifeless, Bryant stated. The kid's identify is Grayson Fleming-Grey, in line with The Related Press.

"The whole lot occurred so quick. I am undecided if it went round us, if it went to the left of us. All I do know is I used to be making an attempt to tug into this car parking zone," Kerri Grey, Grayson's mom stated, in line with WSB-TV. "I went to test on him after listening to a sure noise and he was slumped over, and the bullet had gone proper by way of him."

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Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant didn't present particulars concerning Dequasie Little's arrest, however stated “his actions should not a shock.” On this photograph is the downtown Atlanta skyline at nightfall, photographed from the Jackson Avenue bridge in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 27, 2019. Raymond Boyd/Getty Pictures

"It's such a tragedy after we lose any citizen of this metropolis however when it is a baby, it pulls much more on the heartstrings, not simply of the women and men of the Atlanta Police Division, however all through the neighborhood, as I've acquired quite a few calls and textual content messages and prayers for not simply the women and men working this case, however for the household, as properly," Bryant stated.

Police did a preliminary investigation that found it was a "drive-by incident," because the baby was not the meant goal, in line with the police division web site. Bryant didn't present particulars concerning what led to the taking pictures.

Mayor Andre Dickens stated Monday that this was the third taking pictures involving a baby youthful than 6, with two of whom have died, in line with CNN.

"My son's blood is in your palms," Grey stated was her message to Grayson's killers, WSB-TV reported. "He was the collateral harm of a drive-by."