Lamon Freeman was a newly minted teenager when his life was cut short Tuesday morning, just 30 minutes into what would have been his 13th birthday.
Freeman and one of his best friends, Jakody Davis, also 13, were both shot to death while hanging out on the steps of a building at the West End Apartments near Dimmock and Peeples streets in the Oakland City neighborhood. A 12-year-old boy was also shot and had to be hospitalized, Atlanta police said.
“Literally, today’s his birthday, and it’s not good at all,” Freeman’s cousin, Tiwana McCoy, told reporters just feet from where police were conducting their homicide investigation. “He’s supposed to be here with us celebrating, doing what we do as a celebration for his birthday.”…