Police arrested four juveniles

last week after a fight on Tower Road in the Wynnmeade subdivision that

started when one of the youths confronted another for bringing a gun into

the subdivision.

Police Chief James Murray said

another juvenile displayed a knife during the fight. Both of those boys

left the scene after ditching the weapons, but they were identified by

witnesses as the two who drew the weapons, Murray said.

One of the offenders was found

on the cart path bridge over Ga. Highway 74 while the other was found

at his home, Murray said. The offenders are both brothers who live in

the Preston Chase subdivision off Wisdom Road in Peachtree City, he added.

The gun was found in a mailbox

to a residence on Tower Road while the knife was found on the ground nearby,

Murray added.

"Kids with guns can lead

to disaster," Murray said. "... Because it doesn't take but

one bad second to wind up shooting somebody."

Murray said the department

would seek continue to seek harsh punishments for those caught illegally

with guns as was the case in this incident.

The juvenile who brandished

the gun, who was 15, was charged with aggravated assault, carrying a concealed

weapon and disorderly conduct, Murray said. The juvenile who had the knife

was 14 and was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly

conduct while the other two boys, also 14, were charged with disorderly

conduct, the chief said.

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