The Clayton County Police Department investigates a deadly shooting at a Clayton County barbershop.
The victim is 17-year-old Anthony “China” McClain. He was a hairdresser who ran the shop with his mother.
“I was just standing outside the barbershop, and there was some commotion and something happened and a stray bullet, that’s what,” said McClain’s cousin LaShawn Hood.
Hood remembered the moment someone shot and killed McClain. “It touches me a lot because my children were very close. Just being a young kid, just being innocent and being part of the gun violence in the city,” she said.
For hours, Clayton County police blocked the barbershop off River Station Blvd in Clayton County to investigate what caused the commotion outside the store that killed McClain. Police said he was caught in the crossfire. His family said he was an innocent bystander.
His family said McClain was at work doing what he loved most: cutting hair. “Anthony was a very gifted child. He was home-schooled, very helpful to his mother and grandparents, and excelled in everything he did.”
Hood said he showed that spirit of excellence in the barbershop. “He was very active. He was in his second year of college, he got his hairdressing license,” she said.
He worked with his mother to run the store. “It was a family business that they started together. They did everything from setting everything up, doing floors, putting the pictures on the walls and putting everything they had into a family business,” Hood said.
Unfortunately, that dream is now interrupted. They have this to say to his killer. “I just have to say I’d like you to turn yourself in. Young people, please lay down your arms. There are other ways of dealing with situations other than violence,” says Hood.
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