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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dyersburg Police said in a Facebook post on New Year’s Day that a 15-year-old has been charged with first degree murder.

According to Dyersburg Police, they responded to a gunshot victim off Light Street shortly after midnight and found Nicholas Sampson of Dyersburg had been shot multiple times.

Police said they developed a 15-year-old suspect from Ridgely, and he turned himself into authorities on Saturday around 1 PM.

Dyersburg Police said the teen is being held by the Dyer County Juvenile Court, and that this matter is still under investigation.