New details released in court over teen Nicholas Jackson's fatal shooting

Police aren't saying much about the relationship between the six men they say were all involved in a deadly Norcross home invasion last Thursday night.

The victim, Nicholas Jackson, 15, was gunned down while playing video games.

But for the first time, we are leaing more about the roles investigators believe the men played that night after a preliminary hearing in Gwinnett County Magistrate Court.

Police believe suspect Timothy Johnson was driving the men in a rented silver minivan.

They believe Anthony Lumpkin was the one who kicked in the door to the home on Autry Street, but investigators haven't said who fired the shot that killed Jackson.

Friday was also the first time we heard what the suspects told investigators after they were arrested.

Nicholas Jackson

"He said they were all going to go to the Mall of Georgia," Norcross Police Sgt. Bill Grogan said.

Most of the suspects claim they left Atlanta that night to go shopping. But police stopped the men less than a half a mile away from the Norcross home in the van.

A seventh person, investigators said, rented the minivan at the Atlanta airport.

Police have yet to interview that person.

Police said the van was loaded with evidence including latex gloves, ski masks and a big bag of cash.

"I don't know the exact amount but there was in excess of $19,000 found," Grogan said.

Police said they are still running tests on evidence, but ultimately the magistrate judge decided it was enough to keep all six men in jail for now.

Classmates honor slain teen

Friends and former classmates of jackson dedicated a school day to his memory.

Students at Hopewell Christian Academy in Norcross wore red Friday in honor of  Jackson. Jackson spent three years at the private school before transferring to Norcross High School to play football. Red was his favorite color.

"When he's looking down from heaven, he can see that everybody wearing red and Polo, that lets him know that we all miss him and his coolness and the jokes he used to tell, student Derek Harper told Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh.

At Norcross High, Jackson was on the varsity football team, though just a freshman. He dreamed of playing football at Alabama State University. The school plans to present his family with a jersey with his name on it at his funeral Saturday at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Norcross.