Teen charged in fatal Powder Springs shooting

A gold set of the scales of justice

By Mark Woolsey

Cobb County police are investigating a Friday night homicide in Powder Springs.

Powder Springs police said officers were sent to an address on Mustang Drive around 9:40 p.m. after a caller reported that someone had been shot. Officers found 18-year-old British Hart with a gunshot wound. He died despite efforts to save him.

Powder Springs police asked Cobb County police to take over the investigation. Cobb detectives arrested a 15-year-old on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault. The teen is being held in the county’s juvenile detention facility.

Authorities have yet to release the suspect’s identity or disclose a motive.