A 24-year-old man released from state prison one year ago is now accused of shooting and killing a man near the Five Points MARTA station, police said Friday.
Allan Delano Dumas, 24, of Atlanta, was charged with murder following the Thursday rush-hour shooting, Sgt. Greg Lyon with Atlanta police said.
Investigators believe Dumas shot Maurice Cosby about 6 p.m. in a hallway that leads from the Underground Atlanta entertainment district to the MARTA rail station. Cosby, 25, ran into the station and fell on the sidewalk by Peachtree Street, Atlanta police Capt. Michael O’Connor said. He was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died.
No information was released on a possible motive. But witnesses saw the two men arguing before the shooting.
Dumas is a convicted felon who was released from the Coffee Correctional Facility on June 10, 2014, according to Georgia Department of Corrections. Dumas spent just over three years in prison following his conviction on burglary and obstruction charges, records showed.
Dexter Dixon told FOX 5 Atlanta Cosby was his son and had just made it downtown to meet his girlfriend for dinner when he was shot.
“It’s just heartbreaking right now,” he told the news station.
Dixon said he has no idea why anyone would shoot his son. All he has are questions: Was it robbery? A case of mistaken identity? He said he is trying to “put pieces together try to see why these guys done it.”
Dixon called his son a good man who was doing what he could to support two children. Father and son planned to go fishing this weekend. They discussed those plans during their last conversation hours before the fatal shooting.
Now, Dixon said, “I just don’t know which way to turn.”
— Photographer Ben Gray and staff writer Steve Visser contributed to this article.
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