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John Spink
Multi-platform photojournalist
John Spink is a multi-platform photojournalist with the breaking news team. He provides compelling photos, video and audio from breaking news events for the AJC and its Cox Media Group partners WSB Channel 2 Action News & WSB 750 AM & Now 95.5 FM.
Latest from John Spink
Disabled Fairburn man shot during gunbattle with home invaders
When three masked men crashed through the back door of Dennis Thomas’ home in Fairburn at 4:15 a.m. Thursday demanding cash, Thomas, who is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair, fought back. Seeing that at least two of the intruders were armed with handguns, Thomas grabbed his own gun and engaged ...
One injured in northwest Atlanta house fire
One person was injured in a predawn fire that heavily damaged a home in northwest Atlanta. The blaze was reported around 4:30 a.m. in a one-story frame house on Blyss Avenue near Chappell Road. “When we arrived, we had a lot of fire in the building,” Atlanta fire Battalion Chief ...
Government shut down leads to closing of local National Park Service sites
One of the immediate local impacts from the overnight partial shutdown of the federal government will be the shuttering of National Park Service facilities in metro Atlanta, including the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Personnel at ...
DeKalb police investigating shooting at Flat Shoals Road apartment complex
Police were searching Wednesday afternoon for two men suspected in a double shooting at a south DeKalb County apartment complex. The shooting happened about 9 a.m. at the Aspen Woods Apartment Homes in the 3300 block of Flat Shoals Road, but was related to a fight police responded to earlier. ...
Wild hogs scaring neighbors in Lithonia area
Animal Control officers and a hired company plan to return to a Lithonia neighborhood Thursday morning to place traps to remove wild pigs that have been frightening residents. Robin May photographed one of the pigs near 709 Bridge Way, near an abandoned home eating scraps — one of four that ...
Man shot overnight at Alpharetta condo complex
Police Tuesday were investigating the early morning shooting of a man outside an Alpharetta condominium. The shooting happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday on Planter’s Ridge Lane, in the Planter’s Ridge condo complex, according to Alpharetta police spokesman George Gordon. “We had numerous residents of Planter’s Ridge contact 911 stating ...
Man shot and killed at DeKalb County extended stay motel
DeKalb County police are still investigating a fatal shooting early Monday at an extended stay motel near Stone Mountain.The shooting happened about 5 a.m. at the Savannah Suites in the 4800 block of Memorial Drive.DeKalb police Lt. Mark Lavigne said officers found the victim, a black man believed to be ...
Man shot and killed at DeKalb County extended stay motel
DeKalb County police were investigating a fatal shooting early Monday at an extended stay motel near Stone Mountain. The shooting happened about 5 a.m. at the Savannah Suites in the 4800 block of Memorial Drive. DeKalb police Lt. Mark Lavigne said officers responding to a call about unknown trouble found ...
Apple devotees line up for release of newest iPhones
In a scene that seems to be repeated whenever Apple releases a new version of the iPhone, hundreds of people lined up in the predawn darkness outside the company’s Lenox Square store Friday to get their hands on the latest mobile device. Georgia Tech student Chance Shafor called the predawn ...
Police: Man shot by officer after firing shots during fight in Midtown
An man is in critical condition after being shot by an Atlanta police officer early Thursday during a brawl in a Midtown parking lot, authorities said. The incident happened about 3 a.m. in a lot at the intersection of Crescent Avenue and 13th Street. Atlanta police Capt. Paul Guerrucci said ...
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