Driver dispute leads to fatal shooting in Atlanta, police say
An incident involving two drivers turned violent Monday evening when a man was shot in the back and killed, Atlanta police said.
Officers responded to reports of a person shot in the 200 block of Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard near Rock Street in the Vine City neighborhood, police said. Authorities found 62-year-old Remion Patton with a gunshot wound to his back just after 5:30 p.m.
He was making a turn when he and another driver exchanged words, “which led to the victim being shot and wrecking his vehicle into a vacant home,” police said.
Patton was pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities. Investigators with the homicide unit responded to the scene, police said.
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