#Suspect in shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner surrenders to police

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Julian Conley
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via AP

An Atlanta teenager sought in the shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner turned himself into police on Wednesday.

Julian Conley, 19, turned himself in one day after prosecutors issued a felony murder warrant for him in the girl’s shooting death on July 4 near the Wendy’s fast-food restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police on June 12, CBS News reported.

Turner was riding in her mother’s car when she was shot and killed. Police said the woman’s vehicle turned into a nearby parking spot before she was confronted by a group of armed men, who opened fire on the car.

The girl’s death prompted Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to declare, “enough is enough.”

“These aren’t police officers shooting people on the streets of Atlanta,” Bottoms said. “These are members of the community shooting each other. And in this case, it is the worse possible outcome.”

The Georgia city was wracked by protests and confrontations with police following the May 25 police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis — but took a more violent turn after Brooks was shot twice in the back by police outside the Wendy’s.

Protestors torched the eatery the following day.

Gov. Brian Kemp called in the National Guard following Secoriea’s death, which came during a bloody weekend of violence that saw four other people shot dead in Atlanta.