Earlier this month, a Hapeville man shot and killed a 39-year-old armed robbery suspect in self-defense after he and a second suspect cornered the victim in his apartment’s parking garage, police said. Now, Channel 2 Action News has obtained audio of the moment the man called 911.
“Hapeville 911, where’s your emergency?” the dispatcher can be heard saying.
“Hey, I just had to shoot somebody in the top floor of the parking deck,” the man can be heard responding.
Just after 9:30 a.m. on April 15, Hapeville police responded to a reported shooting at The Atlantic Aerotropolis on S. Fulton Ave. When officers arrived, they interviewed a tenant who told police that he was forced to fatally shoot a man who tried to rob him while he was walking out to his car.
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In the newly released 911 calls, the victim can be heard breathing heavily as he told the dispatcher that he was forced to fire in self-defense.
“His car was parked next to mine. He got out of the car, said, ‘Hey bro! Don’t move!’ Pointed a gun at me, I pulled my gun and I shot,” the man, who declined to speak with Channel 2′s Michael Seiden , explained.