DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — DeKalb County leaders are asking residents to sign a pledge to refrain from firing guns into the air in celebration of the Fourth of July.
The initiative comes months after the death of 4-year-old Marquel Peters, who died on New Year's Eve when a stray bullet came through the roof of his Decatur church and struck him in the head. The boy was sitting next to his mother during a midnight celebration.
Authorities still haven't determined who fired the shot, but believe it was fired by a New Year's Eve reveler.
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DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Burrell Ellis discussed the initiative at a news conference Monday at Peters' church, The Church of God of Prophecy.