Teen shot to death outside Riverdale

A Fayetteville teenager was killed early Saturday in a Clayton County shooting that also left another person in critical condition.

Although police have released few details about the incident, a neighbor who said he was awakened by gunfire from an automatic weapon said detectives told him that it seemed to be a drive-by shooting.

The shooting happened about 4 a.m. in the 1200 block of East Fayetteville Road near Walker Road, just outside Riverdale city limits.

Clayton County police spokesman Tim Owens identified the dead teen as Bufus Culver, 17, of Fayetteville.

Bernard Pitts, 24, of College Park was wounded in the shooting and was hospitalized in critical condition.

No arrests had been made, Owens said.

Elmer Marshall, who lives on Walker Road, just behind the house where the shooting occurred, said he heard “automatic rifles fired —- rat-a-tat-tat —- like an AK-47.”

Marshall said he was interviewed by detectives and was told that police had recovered 69 shell casings.