ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Decatur teen pleaded guilty Monday to shooting an 11-year-old in the head, according to the DeKalb County district attorney.

The district attorney said Cam’ron Mealing, 17, shot D’Mari Johnson in the head outside the Golden Glide Skating Rink in Decatur on April 9, 2022. Mealing and Johnson reportedly got into an argument in the skating rink before Mealing chased him into the parking lot and shot him.

The victim survived, but “lives with ongoing physical and emotional effects,” the district attorney said.

Mealing was 13 at the time of the shooting.

He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, aggravated battery, two counts of armed robbery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a pistol or revolver by a person und

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