Man behind ’12-day reign of terror’ in Atlanta neighborhood sentenced to life in prison

Channel 2 Action News has obtained bodycam video and evidence photos that are helping us piece together how prosecutors got a life sentence for a man they say waged a 12-day reign of terror in a Southeast Atlanta neighborhood.

The lead prosecutor on the case from the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office said Drashawn Mitchell was an admitted gang member, though he says he has now quit the gang, and the jury deadlocked on gang charges.

Investigators said Mitchell was the man behind three shootings in less than two weeks in the same neighborhood…

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