Authorities shut down I-20 in southwest Atlanta overnight after a man was shot in the head while driving on the interstate, Channel 2 Action News reported.
The man was shot just after midnight in the westbound lanes near Martin Luther King Drive. Officers responding to the scene found him behind the wheel of a silver Volkswagen Jetta, the news station reported.
Live again @ 6am from Grady Memorial hospital where the victim is critical https://t.co/HdWdZANeqV
— Darryn Moore (@DarrynMooreWSB) August 3, 2018
“There were multiple shots fired inside the vehicle,” Atlanta police Lt. Andrea Webster told Channel 2. “We were able to recover a couple of shell casings.”
The 33-year-old victim, who has not been identified, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
Multiple lanes of the interstate were closed until about 2:30 a.m. while investigators collected evidence. They have not determined a motive, the news station reported.
All lanes are now open on I20w at MLKing after police found one person shot inside a car details at 430am #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/KZR3snkWWl
— Darryn Moore (@DarrynMooreWSB) August 3, 2018
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