ATLANTA - A boy is recovering after being shot in the foot early Friday morning while breaking into a car in southwest Atlanta, according to police.

Juvenile shot during car break-in

What we know:

The Atlanta Police Department said officers responded around 2:20 a.m. to reports of a person shot in the 3300 block of Fairburn Road. When they arrived, officers found a juvenile male with a gunshot wound to his foot.

Investigators said the boy admitted to being shot after breaking into a vehicle.

The car’s owner, identified as Yoshay Carter, 51, told police he confronted the boy during the break-in and shot him.

The boy was taken to Arthur M. Blank Children’s Hospital and is expected to survive.

Carter was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. He was booked into the Fulton Coun

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