Suspect in Marietta bar fight now appears to be the victim

MARIETTA — A man left with life-threatening injuries after being run over outside a Marietta nightclub Saturday morning may have provoked the driver who hit him, according to video evidence gathered by police.

What’s Happening: Marietta Police went to the Mayan Night Club at 585 Franklin Gateway on the morning of May 2 after someone was run over in the parking lot. A fight started inside the club and spilled outside, police say.

What the video shows: Surveillance footage recovered at the scene tells a different story than what witnesses first described. The man who was run over pulled out a handgun and pointed it at 25-year-old Giancarlo Estudillo Villegas of Marietta while Villegas was driving through the parking lot. Villegas then drove over the man. Police recovered the handgun at the scene…

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