Police in southeast Georgia have made an arrest in the death of a Forsyth County teenager, who was badly beaten and left unconscious outside a Statesboro bar early Thursday.
Police responded to Rude Rudy's bar, and found 18-year old Michael Gatto non-responsive with severe head injuries. He was airlifted to East Georgia Regional Medical Center where he died.
A former bouncer at Rude Rudy's, 20-year old Grant James Spencer of Dunwoody, has been arrested. He was charged with aggravated assault, but the charge could be upgraded following the investigation of Gatto's death.
Gatto was a recent graduate of South Forsyth High School where he was a member of the school's track team. He's being remembered as "an integral part of the track program, and a tremendous young man who will be missed by all that knew him."
Rude Rudy's posted a message on its Facebook page that said: "Our deepest sympathies and prayers go out to the Gatto family."
At the time of the incident, Spencer was not working, and he has been fired.
Spencer is a graduate of Dunwoody High School, where he was on the wrestling team.