AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Charges have been dropped against a teenager in connection with a shooting that killed a 14-year-old last month , according to the suspect’s defense attorney.

Defense attorney Keith Johnson said that the murder charge against 16-year-old Vincent Hakim Carter was dropped after a preliminary hearing Thursday.

Now the high school football player will be home in time for his 17th birthday, according to Johnson.

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That’s a big change for the teenager, who Johnson said has “been on 23 hours of lockdown over the last few months.”

Ahead of the hearing, Johnson had been gearin

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