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ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Police have arrested a suspect after a man was killed in a shooting Saturday in Atlanta. The shooting took place at 3412 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SW, the site of a former dentist’s office, around 3 p.m. When police arrived, they found a 37-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. He...

You will find a concise introduction below that sets the scene and explains why this story matters. Eboni Anderson was making a routine DoorDash drop-off outside Palmetto Elementary School when violence erupted, leaving her dead and a community shaken. This article explains what happened, who's accused, and how the...

A 61-year-old man from Lithonia, Georgia, is now facing a first-degree murder charge in Chicago after being extradited in connection with the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man in the Austin neighborhood last summer. Police identified the suspect as Donnell Simmons, who was arrested on Friday and brought back to...

Authorities are working to identify a body recovered from a car pulled out of Lake Lanier on Monday. The man who discovered the car told Channel 2’s Michael Seiden that he was just getting on the water when he noticed it. “As soon as I went to pull back up to move my truck, it was, I could see it, see it down in the...

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — After a summer where as many as half of Mary Alice Park visitors skipped the required parking fee, Forsyth County may add a gate to require payment. At a Feb. 10 work session, parks Director Kirk Franz asked the Forsyth County Commission to consider the $47,000 purchase of a parking gate to be...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A 57-year-old inmate died in custody Sunday at the DeKalb County Jail, the sheriff's office reported Monday. DeKalb County Sheriff Melody M. Maddox said Micahel Gafa, who had been in custody since September, died after being found unresponsive in his cell. "On-site medical staff and...

A 14-year-old boy is recovering from broken bones and fractures after a driver hit him and took off.

When Officer Vides approached the vehicle, House opened the driver’s door and a pipe commonly used to smoke meth was visible inside.

A Braselton man was arrested on Friday, Feb. 13, after he allegedly prevented a woman from leaving the scene and hit her in the face. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said Terry Edwin Burdette, 58, and the 56-year-old victim were engaged in a verbal argument at a home on Trellis Way when he became angry and held the...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was shot and killed in DeKalb County early on Valentine’s Day, according to police. Officers were called to the 1900 block of South Stone Mountain Lithonia Road, which is near Redan Elementary School, at around 5 a.m. Saturday. The victim was declared dead at the scene.