A 19-year-old was killed and a man was injured in a drive-by shooting near a Krispy Kreme in DeKalb County on Monday evening.
DeKalb police responded at around 8:30 p.m. to the intersection of Wesley Chapel Road and Snapfinger Woods Drive near Decatur for a person shot call. When officers arrived, they found two people with gunshot wounds.
According to authorities, the victims were stopped inside a vehicle at the busy intersection when another car pulled up and someone opened fire. The driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, while the teen passenger died at the scene. He was identified as Demario Hollis by the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Authorities did not provide a description of the suspect’s vehicle and no arrests have been made.
In February, two people were shot outside a Krispy Kreme in Atlanta’s historic West End neighborhood following an argument between a group of men. Both victims, one of whom was a bystander, were conscious when they were taken to a hospital and the shop reopened soon after the incident.
An investigation into Monday’s shooting is ongoing.
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