Boy's Unsolved Killing Haunts Family, Police

Garrett Burton Remembered (Added: August 30, 2009)

Family and police are still looking for answers a year after someone shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who was tossing eggs at passing cars. (more)

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Boy's Unsolved Killing Haunts Family, Police

Family and police are still looking for answers a year after someone shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who was tossing eggs at passing cars.

By: AP | NBC4i.com
Published: August 30, 2009

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Family and police are still looking for answers a year after someone shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who was tossing eggs at passing cars.

Garrett Burton died a year ago today in the incident on the far West Side of Columbus.

Boys with the teen that night say a man came up on foot, confronted Garrett and then shot him.

Police say the case remains open.

Garrett's father, George Burton, who is also a Columbus police officer, says he can't imagine how someone could resort to such violence over a prank.

The case is similar to a still unsolved 2006 incident in which a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot on the city's West Side while egging cars.

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