A man was killed and another person was injured Thursday morning in what police believe was a targeted shooting at a southeast Atlanta gas station.
The victims took gunfire in the parking lot of a Pure station on the corner of Jonesboro and Hutchens roads at about 10:45 a.m., according to Lt. Germain Dearlove, who commands the Atlanta Police Department’s homicide unit.
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When police arrived, one victim was found at the gas station and the other was found at a row of townhouses across the street. Both were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where one man died.
He was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as 20-year-old Sincere Sullivan.
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The other victim appears to be between 35 and 50, Dearlove said.
“We believe this is a targeted shooting that occurred at this location,” Dearlove told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from the gas station, where homicide investigators were collecting evidence. “Suspects involved were three Black males last seen driving a red four-door sedan from the location.”
The commander said investigators were still working to determine the connection between the victims and suspects. It was too early to say what may have motivated the deadly shooting, but it appears the victims were sought out, he said.
“It wasn’t a random incident, as though it was an escalated dispute or anything,” he said. “They just saw what were looking for, and they went for it.”
He did not believe the victims fired back. More than a dozen evidence markers in the parking lot appeared to indicate spent shell casings.
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The shooting was the second reported within an hour Thursday morning. Shortly after 10 a.m., another man was discovered shot on Neal Street in a residential area of northwest Atlanta, about one block north of Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park. He was alert when officers arrived and applied a tourniquet to his wound, according to a police spokesperson.
The man was taken to a hospital, and an update on his condition was not provided.
No further details were released about that shooting, which brought a K-9 unit to the scene. It remains under investigation.
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Anyone with information about either of Thursday’s shootings is asked to come forward. Tipsters can remain anonymous, and be eligible for rewards of up to $2,000, by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, texting information to 274637 or visiting the Crime Stoppers website.
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