UPDATE: Man fatally shot in front yard of DeKalb County home ID’d
A 28-year-old DeKalb County man died after being shot outside his home Monday night, despite his family’s efforts to revive him.
Officers arriving to the home in the 500 block of Stonemill Manor near Lithonia found Christopher Jamaal Barber lying in the front yard with a gunshot wound to his stomach, DeKalb police told Channel 2 Action News. His mother was among a group of people trying to help the man, the news station reported.
Barber was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
I just spoke with the mother of the 28 year old man, who was shot and killed inside of his garage.
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) December 4, 2018
She says she doesn't know who the killers could be.
Right now, she and her family are helping police look for something near the garage.
The story at 4pm.@wsbtv pic.twitter.com/G4jzG1A4Sa
“The incident is being investigated by the homicide unit,” police spokesman Sgt. J.D. Spencer said in a statement.
Investigators recovered surveillance video from the Stonemill Manor home that reportedly shows two men arrive about 10:45 p.m. to meet with Barber inside his garage, one in a white SUV and the other on foot.
"I saw him laying there on the ground."
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) December 4, 2018
I just got new video from the scene of Monday's deadly shooting in DeKalb County.
Why police say the victim's OWN surveillance cameras, might help catch the suspects, next.@wsbtv pic.twitter.com/d7Gc3PDad3
Moments later, the video shows the men run back out of the garage with Barber chasing them, officers on the scene told Channel 2. A spent shell casing was later recovered from the garage, and a gun was found in the street, the news station reported.
Police have not said what may have motivated the shooting.
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