Man shot, killed on busy DeKalb County road

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police have arrested a man who they said shot and killed a 29-year-old man near a busy intersection in DeKalb County.

Channel 2's Christian Jennings learned the victim was in the parking lot of the Atlanta Wings restaurant near Glenwood Road and Candler Road when a man got out of a pickup truck and started shooting at him.

The victim started running across the street and the shooter kept firing, police said.

“The male suspect then walked over to the victim and fired several more rounds into the victim,” said DeKalb Police Lt. Lonzy Robertson.

A woman who was working at a hair boutique across the street saw what was happening and ran out to help the victim.

“I looked in his eye and saw he was pretty much gone, and I touched his neck and there was nothing there, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God, the baby’s gone,'” the woman said.

Detectives said they caught up with the suspect thanks to witnesses in the area.

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The suspect was taken into custody on Tuskegee Street by Atlanta police.

“It’s disheartening that something like this could happen in broad daylight,” the witness said.

Police said they still don't know why the suspect started shooting. The names of the victim and suspect will be released Thursday, police said.

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