A teenage boy was killed and another remains hospitalized following a shooting early Tuesday at a gas station in DeKalb County, authorities said.

DeKalb police responded at about 2:15 a.m. to reports of a person shot at a Shell station in the 6000 block of Hillandale Drive, according to spokesperson Blaine Clark. The gas station is a short distance from Emory Hillandale Hospital and I-20.

At the scene, Clark said officers found two boys, ages 17 and 18, who were each shot. Their names were not released.

“Sadly, the 17-year-old died of his injuries at a local hospital,” Clark said in a statement. “The 18-year-old is being treated at the hospital.”

According to investigators, the shooting happened after an argument with a third person who left the scene before officers arrived. Detective

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