A man was killed Wednesday morning after he tried to stop another man from beating a woman outside a DeKalb County gas station, Channel 2 Action News reported.
The woman may still be in danger after the brazen killing at the Chevron station on the corner of Candler Road and Misty Waters Drive, DeKalb police officers at the scene told Channel 2. After the shooting, she was driven away in a white vehicle, the news station reported.
According to police, the man was likely a bystander and had no known connection to the couple. He saw the two arguing inside their vehicle parked at a gas pump around 2:20 a.m. and went to intervene when he saw the woman was possibly being beaten.
The driver of the vehicle fired on the victim, fatally wounding him, police told the news station. He later died at a hospital, and his name was not released.
Credit: Christopher Day / Christopher.Day@ajc.com
Credit: Christopher Day / Christopher.Day@ajc.com
Debebe Nuramo, who works at the Chevron, said he heard between three and five gunshots before customers inside the convenience store scattered. He did not see the shooting, but he said he recognized the victim as a regular.
“I was scared,” Nuramo told reporters Wednesday morning. “People were moving around, around, scaring many.”
At least one bullet entered the gas station, shattering a front window.
Credit: Christopher Day / Christopher.Day@ajc.com
Credit: Christopher Day / Christopher.Day@ajc.com
It was not clear if the driver or the woman had been identified, but a police spokesperson confirmed no one was in custody Wednesday. Investigators collected surveillance footage from the Chevron before clearing the scene.
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