ATLANTA — New video shows the person police think may have shot a 76-year-old man walking in a West End neighborhood earlier this month.
The bullet hit the man in the neck.
The shooting happened before noon on November 15 near Interstate 20 and Joseph E. Lowery Blvd.
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That’s where police said two people trying to sell water to drivers stuck at the traffic light turned violent.
A witness said a man walking past them told them to get a job, and one of them shot him.
The person who saw it did not want to talk publicly due to fear of retaliation. However, people in the neighborhood said it’s a believable scenario.
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“A lot of teenagers my age, they don’t know how to walk away from a situation like that,” said Karbon Smith. “They want to be the big guy, the big, tough guy, all the time.”
Channel 2 Action News was there minutes after the shooting that Friday, and detectives gathering evidence did confirm an argument led up to the gunfire.
They said medics rushed the 76-year-old to the hospital in critical condition.
Saturday marked eight days with no arrest.
Crime Stoppers released surveillance video of one of the suspects buying a handful of water bottles in a gas station. The social media post said Atlanta Police Department’s Aggravated Assault Unit wants to talk to him.
There’s a $2,000 reward for the person who turns him in to police.
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