Statesboro police are keeping quiet about details of a fatal shooting at Park Place Apartments Friday night because the case is still under active investigation, but a relative of the victim said his uncle was an innocent bystander. Lester Parrish, 17, of University Pointe Apartments on Harvey Drive, is charged with fatally shooting Eric Alexander Reese, 46, who lived at Park Place Apartments, where police said the shooting took place around 8:30 p.m. Friday. Parrish was arrested Saturday morning at the Avenue at Southern on Georgia Avenue, and charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, police said.
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