Police looking for suspects in store clerk’s death
—Dispatch editor Fran Jeffries contributed to this report.
College Park police are continuing to search Monday for two suspects in the shooting death of a convenience store clerk Saturday night.
Alagie Dibba, 28, fell to the floor and started praying after he was wounded at the BP station in the 5000 block of West Fayetteville Road, Channel 2 Action News reported. Police answering a robbery call found Dibba shot in the abdomen, and he died later at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Authorities said the store’s surveillance footage showed two suspects enter the store, point a weapon at the clerk and fire one shot before fleeing toward South Hampton Road.
“Come out from wherever they are hiding so they can face justice and explain to us,” Dibba’s cousin, Modibo Jarjesy, told Channel 2.
Police told Channel 2 that they don’t believe the shooting was intentional.
“We believe the suspects were very startled that the gun went off,” College Park police Major Linda Burke said.
Anyone with information on the case should call College Park police at 404-768-8664.
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