COVINGTON, Ga. -- A 16-year-old is charged with murdering the man who gave him and his friends a ride.
The Newton County Sheriff's Office launched a homicide investigation after a body was dumped along a rural road in Covington. The man was identified as Enrique Ramirez Trejo. He had been shot multiple times.
11Alive spoke with a witness who heard gunshots Saturday night. “I was outside and I saw the lights,” she said. “We thought maybe something was happening; then I heard maybe four or five gunshots. The car stayed for a few more minutes and then quickly sped off.”
Investigators now believe 16-year-old Antavian Love fired those shots.
Police tracked Trejo's final moments. He was working at the El Charo restaurant until 11:30 Saturday night. He left in his 1999 Ford Expedition. He stopped at a Shell Convenience store just down the road at Highway 36 and the Covington Bypass.
Surveillance video from the gas station shows Trejo talking to three young men and then giving them a ride. Trjo's body was found just a few miles down the road.
Sunday night, police spotted that Expedition traveling on Brown Bridge Road. When police tried to make a traffic stop, several subjects got out and ran. Police caught them.
After interviewing the teens and gathering evidence, police arrested 16-year-old Antavian Love. He was charged with murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, theft by taking, and theft by receiving.
"The case is still ongoing and additional people will be interviewed, additional evidence will be collected," a Newton County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said.
Luis Trejo, the victim's son, said that they had Father's Day plans for him on Sunday.
"We were going to have a cookout, and me and my sister had a plan for him and my mother to go out, get a hotel -- have a day off," Trejo said.
The family is now in the process of setting up funeral plans. They hope to raise money for the funeral with a GoFundMe account.
General location (200 block of Lower River Road)
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