UPDATE: Victim ID’d in deadly shootout, crash at SW Atlanta gas station
A deadly shootout at a southwest Atlanta gas station ended in a crash overnight, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Atlanta police told the news station that two men were shot about 11:30 p.m. Monday in an exchange of gunfire outside a Martin Luther King Jr. Drive gas station. One got into a car and crashed into another vehicle on a nearby ramp to I-285, police said.
Officers came upon the crash scene on their way to investigate the shooting outside the Quick Mart gas station, Channel 2 reported. The man behind the wheel was dead. He was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office as Ryan Pittman, 26, of Mableton.
The other driver was not injured, according to the news station.
Atl police working a fatal shooting one person dead another injured after a shoot out at a gas station details at 430am #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/2YNSTePs3B
— Darryn Moore (@DarrynMooreWSB) August 28, 2018
Atlanta police Capt. LeAnne Browning said it all started with an argument at the gas pumps.
“The vehicle that was involved in that altercation sped away from that location, subsequently crashed on that on-ramp and the victim that was inside that vehicle is deceased,” she told Channel 2.
At the Quick Mart, officers found the second shooting victim. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. His condition was not known Tuesday.
Live@530am police are working to find out who’s the victim in a shootout that left the driver of a red car dead #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/0h63xxqBLE
— Darryn Moore (@DarrynMooreWSB) August 28, 2018
Homicide investigators are now going through store surveillance footage to determine if any charges will be filed.
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