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Teen murder suspect was 'supervised appropriately and in accordance with DCS,' official says

The Department Community Supervision who oversees people on probation like Myrick, also released some information about supervision guidelines.
Jayden Myrick (2017 mug shot)

ATLANTA -- 11Alive is finally getting answers to some of its questions about a program whose mission is to provide young people with life skills and counter violence that effects metro Atlanta communities.

After two weeks of trying to connect the dots about 17-year-old Jayden Myrick's past, a Visions Unlimited official says the teen was with the program just days before allegedly shooting Chris Broader.

The Department Community Supervision who oversees people on probation like Myrick, also released some information about supervision guidelines.

Broader, a D.C. chef and new father, was visiting the area with others to attend a wedding. He died from his injuries.

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Christian Broder

Leonard Dungee helps run the program, Visions Unlimited, with his mom. He said Myrick didn't show any indication of problems. Before this July shooting, a judge had issued Myrick probation for an earlier unrelated crime and ordered him to take part of Visions Unlimited.

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"He was under my supervision when he was with me. And then when he was with me, he was not committing crimes," Dungee said.

He said the program meets at the Metropolitan Library in southwest Atlanta, where the program rents a room. He also said they used their own money to fund the program. Dungee said the program is not to blame.

"You know, here's the sad part. There are hundreds of Jayden Myricks running around Atlanta right now. Who's responsible for THEM right now?," he asked.

Neighbors in north Buckhead with the grassroots group Citizen United also want action. They said the tragedy happened in their backyards.

"These kids are not being rehabilitated," said Susan Linley. "It's almost like an open door. You catch trout and throw it back. It's same with our court system. That needs to end."

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The Department Community Supervision gave 11Alive a little more insight as well.

"Myrick was supervised appropriately and in accordance with DCS policies and procedures," according to a spokesperson.

DCS said its officers are out conducting field interactions daily to see if probationers and parolees are in compliance with the conditions of their release. The spokesperson did say however, supervision guidelines differ from case to case depending on the supervision level of individual cases.

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