Two teens killed at separate parties in Clayton County

<p>A day after a 14-year-old was killed by gunmen firing into a crowd outside a birthday party in nearby Conley, another teenager was killed in what police say was a similar but unrelated incident at a party in Jonesboro.</p><p>Several fights broke out at the Jonesboro home Saturday night and partygoers ran outside where two armed men _ one wearing fatigues and carrying an assault rifle _ began firing into the crowd, said Clayton County police Capt. Jeff Turner.</p><p>Larry Bishop Jr., 18, of Jonesboro, was shot several times and died the next day at an Atlanta hospital, Turner said. Two 16-year-olds and a 20-year-old man were also wounded.</p><p>Police believe the shooting may have been payback for a fight between gang members at Mundy Mill High School on Friday, Turner said. One of the students was cut on the mouth and needed stitches.</p><p>The shooting doesn't seem related to an incident about 26 hours earlier in which 14-year-old Krystal Williams was fatally shot in the back of the head, Turner said.</p><p>The Friday shooting took place at a Sha-La Harden's 16th birthday party. About 200 people were in attendance, and Harden's mother asked people to leave after a fight broke out inside the home. A police officer responding to a noise complaint also asked everyone to leave.</p><p>A car drove up shortly afterward and one or more of the occupants began firing into the crowd, Turner said.</p><p>Recent violence at Clayton County schools has prompted Superintendent Barbara Pulliam to propose using metal detectors, and the Rev. W. Rod Johnson, a county school board member, said Sunday he is organizing a task force to look into the gang problem at the schools.</p><p>"The incidents are very isolated now, but we want to minimize it before we start seeing an increase in numbers," Johnson said.</p>

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