Teen dies protecting sibling

Georgia Police are searching for a man accused
of killing his stepson after a Thanksgiving Day
argument. Authorities say Cristino Ramos-Santos
shot 16-year-old Andres Arias in an apartment
complex parking lot Thursday night.
Andres' sister, Fabiola Arias, said their stepfather
was drunk and tried to take their 2-year-old
brother (Ramos-Santos son with their mum) from
their mother during a family party. Family
members, including the mother and Andres,
confronted Ramos-Santos in the parking lot.
“My brother was just trying to protect my
little brother. He was trying to save him
because he was trying to take him away
from us,” Arias said. “He tried to fight my
mom too. My brother got in-between them,
and he pushed him away. My brother he
always tries to be the brave one and then
my stepdad went and took the gun and
shot him four times."
'I was standing right there and we were
trying to stop him.
'My brother was the hero,' she told WSB-
TV. 'He was trying to stop my little brother
from getting taken.'
The killing happened in the parking lot of The
Estuary Apartments on Henderson Mill Road in
DeKalb County.

A tearful family friend, Paula LaValley, said of the
victim: 'He was a very good kid, very protective of
his family, especially his mom.
Arias was in the 11th grade at Lakeside High
School.
Police are searching for Ramos-Santos, who they
believe fled in a black GMC SUV.

Police say they have murder warrants on him.