Walhalla Man Charged in a Teen's Death

These counts are the accusation Walhalla police filed three weeks after the shooting. The 16-year-old is dead. No jury has heard this case.

A 16-year-old was found Oct. 23 at the Highland Glen apartment complex in Walhalla with a gunshot wound to the head. The Oconee County coroner said he was in cardiac arrest and died at the scene.

Austin Martin Keese, 19, was arrested Friday morning. The U.S. Marshals Service and the Oconee County Sheriff's Office helped. He was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at 11:20 a.m. Walhalla police charged him with murder, kidnapping, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Bond was denied. Warrants accuse him of going into the apartment with a gun. He is due back in court on a later date.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.