A DeKalb teen rescued his grandparents from an overnight fire that claimed the life of his aunt, a neighbor told reporters.
Three other people were injured in the blaze that started early Saturday morning, said DeKalb County fire officials. The cause of the fire, in the 4500 block of John Wesley Court, remains under investigation.
Victorius Conde, a neighbor, told Channel 2 Action News the boy cut his arm breaking a window to escape the burning home. He went back inside to rescue the grandparents but apparently couldn’t reach the aunt.
“He went to go get his grandma and grandpa… went back in to get the aunt and I think she had moved from her bedroom to the hallway,” Conde’s mother, Lauretta Conde, said. “He wasn’t able to help her.”
The boy’s heroism made an impression on neighbors.
“I mean, it’s a young kid,” Victorius Conde said. “To be able to get both his grandparents out of the house is pretty spectacular.”
The identities of the boy, his aunt and the injured residents of the home have not been released. Fire officials said one person was treated at the scene for minor injuries while two others were taken to a local trauma center and are listed in good condition.
Man found dead in car
Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was found dead in a car in northwest Atlanta on Sunday, police said.
The body was discovered after police received a call about a vehicle stopped in the roadway on Hood Avenue at Oldknow Road.
The man, who was in the driver’s seat of a red Monte Carlo, had been shot several times in the chest, Atlanta police spokeswoman Officer Kim Jones said.
The Monte Carlo had been reported as stolen out of DeKalb County, she said.
No other information was immediately available.
Driver killed in single car wreck
A man was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in northwest Atlanta on Saturday afternoon, police said.
When police responded to the crash around 4 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Ollie Street, they found a red 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle wrapped around a telephone pole, Atlanta police spokeswoman Officer Kim Jones said. The driver was dead at the scene.
The man was identified as Bisrat G. Haftom, 27, of Atlanta, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said Sunday.
According to the preliminary investigation, Haftom was speeding. His eastbound vehicle had just come out of a curve when he attempted to change lanes, crossed over the double yellow lines and hit the telephone pole, police said.
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