Georgia hospitals in crisis as COVID patient load sets records

Back in January, when “code blues” sounded relentlessly to summon teams for medical emergencies and morgues deployed mobile units for extra space to store bodies, Georgia got a reprieve. Cases soon plunged as holiday travel ended and many of the elderly became vaccinated.

This time, with vaccination rates stubbornly low and the highly contagious delta variant pervasive, hospitals expect the trendline to keep climbing well into September. As the numbers swell, hospital beds are being filled with younger, unvaccinated adults as well as children. On Tuesday, the state reported that hospitals had 5,656 COVID patients, about 50 patients below the January peak of 5,709. But at some hours in recent days, according to the Georgia Hospital Association, the number has topped 5,900.

That is forcing hospitals to make difficult decisions about how to care for patients when there aren’t enough beds or staff.

“I don’t mean to sound super doomsday-ish, but I think that if this growth continues, that we’re going to be risking regional hospital system collapse,” said Amber Schmidtke, a health care data researcher, who tracks Georgia’s COVID-19 trends.

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Schmidtke said she doesn’t use the word “collapse” lightly.

“I know that that will scare people,” Schmidtke said. “But I think that that is what we’re risking. I’ve had M.D.s that are on the ground tell me the same thing: ‘This is unsustainable. We’re already at a point where we’re having to sort of triage care and decide who gets what based on limited resources and personnel.’”

The coming days could bring further delays in care for people sickened with COVID-19 or with other medical emergencies. Atlanta’s large children’s hospitals at times were so packed Tuesday that they were limiting transfers from other hospitals. ICUs are full at many hospitals, creating risks for all those who have to wait for a critical care bed, whether they have COVID or not. A critical nursing shortage means adding more beds in some hospitals will be pointless: There aren’t any more nurses available to staff them. It’s already hard or impossible to transfer patients from small hospitals to larger ones that can provide advanced care.

That has resulted in shortages of oxygen in recent days at some of the state’s rural hospitals, as they had to treat COVID-19 patients short of breath instead of transferring them. The shortage prompted Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday to loosen regulations for shipping compressed oxygen amid supply shortages.

“I don’t mean to sound super doomsday-ish, but I think that if this growth continues, that we’re going to be risking regional hospital system collapse.”

– Amber Schmidtke, a health care data researcher

Doctors and nurses have pleaded with Georgians to get vaccinated to protect their families, save their own lives and prevent the state’s healthcare system from becoming overwhelmed to the point of dysfunction. Yet almost all COVID-19 patients who are sick enough to reach the ICU or die are unvaccinated.

‘A very tenuous situation’

South Georgia’s hospitals close to the border of hard-hit Florida were the first to be overwhelmed with patients in this recent surge. Some set new records days ago for their number of COVID-19 patients.

Phoebe Putney Health System, based in Albany in southwestern Georgia made international headlines in spring 2020 as it handled what was for a time one of the most intense outbreaks on the globe.

This wave is worse.

Phoebe Putney has surpassed all its previous records, forcing it to once again take over other hospital space to create two additional intensive care units. Employees across the system are picking up duties wherever they can to free up clinically trained staff. The CEO has logged time in the ICU as a gofer, stocking supplies, helping bag trash, running specimens to the lab, gowning and escorting family members to visit patients.

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Staff at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany care for a patient on the COVID-19 unit in this undated photo. The hospital made international headlines in spring 2020 as it handled what was for a time one of the most intense outbreaks on the globe. In this wave, what the hospital has handled is worse. (Photo courtesy of Phoebe Putney)

Helicopter teams stand ready to transfer patients out to lighten the load. But other hospitals can’t take them, either.

“So we’re taking care of the patients here,” said Dr. James Black, Phoebe’s medical director of emergency medicine. “We’re creating and opening new wings and ICUs as staffing and space permit.”

Where there’s no space or staff, patients wait, overflowing.

People no longer seem afraid of approaching the hospital for non-COVID-19 ailments, so the emergency room is swamped with them, too. It is housing in ER beds patients who should be admitted but for whom there are no inpatient beds. “It’s a very tenuous situation,” he said.

Black said he likes to keep the ratio of patients to ER doctors at around 12 to 14 patients per physician. Now, it’s going as high as 18 or 20.

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“And the problem is, there’s not a good mixture of some that are real sick and some that are not so sick,” he said. Those taken back for ER treatment are almost all “extremely ill.”

“So it tests your limits, obviously,” he said, “of what you’re able to manage effectively.”

A bigger, more intense surge

While Phoebe Putney’s staff has already been dealing with its largest volume ever of COVID-19 patients, the rest of the hospitals in Georgia are preparing to do the same— if they haven’t already broken their pandemic records.

Already, metro Atlanta hospitals are over capacity, deluged by patients and short of staff. As non-COVID patients also continue to seek care, these hospitals in north metro Atlanta’s region “D” have already surpassed their overall peak patient numbers from January. With COVID-19 numbers continuing to grow, it’s unclear what will unfold inside. What’s already there is troubling.

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Medical workers move between buildings at Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta last week. Already, metro Atlanta hospitals are over capacity, deluged by patients and short of staff. (PHOTO by John Spink / [email protected])

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Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC

Since the delta variant surged, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, even as it overflows with patients, has regularly shut down sections of its emergency room simply for lack of staff, clinical workers said. Piedmont Healthcare paused elective surgeries at some of its hospitals because of crowding and braced for what is coming.

“Increasingly we are now seeing younger patients in our hospitals,” said Dr. Andy Jaffal, chief medical officer at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, at a press conference in August. “Those patients are getting sicker much sooner, they are on the ventilator much quicker. I watched a 28-year-old previously healthy, unvaccinated patient die from COVID complications.”

Even metro Atlanta’s largest hospitals have routinely resorted to diverting ambulance traffic because their ERs and ICUs are so full.

On maps showing hospital capacity, Atlanta is part of broad, dark swaths of the state stretching border to border—from Florida to the north Georgia mountains, and from Alabama to South Carolina—with hospitals crowded by COVID-19.

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“We can already see in some ways that this surge is bigger and more intense — it’s faster — than what we saw with previous surges that had a little bit of a slow build. This one has taken off very quickly,” Schmidtke said.

She said she was particularly concerned about what effect school reopenings may be having on the surge in hospitalizations. Schools across the state have recently come back in person, and reports of infection clusters are widespread. The worst of them may hit hospitals about three to five weeks after initial spread.

“It remains to be seen how big of a driver of cases that will be,” Schmidtke said. “Unlike a young adult who may be able to go home and quarantine on their own, these kids are part of families; their infection doesn’t stop with them.”

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on Tuesday morning went on diversion for some ambulances seeking to transfer children from another hospital. Officials said that was because the system’s pediatric ICU attending physicians were evaluating transfer requests before accepting children from an outside hospital. The officials also said that their emergency departments were dealing with “extremely high volumes” due to COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses, though the departments were still accepting all emergency cases.

As of Tuesday, the hospitals had 34 patients with active COVID-19 cases and 25 more patients continuing to receive care for COVID-19 related conditions.

At Northeast Georgia Health System, Dr. John Delzell already lived through a surge in January that tested the Gainesville-based system’s limits. The system set up beds in its gym. Patients were in hallways, and doctors went out to the ambulance bays to triage patients since there wasn’t space to immediately bring them inside. On its peak day in the January surge, the system’s hospitals and other medical facilities took care of 355 COVID-19 patients.

NGHS expects to surpass that number in the weeks to come.

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“The good that came out of January is that people know that we can take care of a lot more patients than we thought we could,” Delzell said. “But I do know people are really tired, and they’re tired of this. There is probably more frustration now because this feels more preventable at this point. In January, we couldn’t do anything about it. Now, it’s happening because people aren’t getting vaccinated.”

Delzell, vice president and incident commander for the system, said its emergency departments are already seeing record numbers of patients. Urgent care clinics are packed, too. “I don’t expect we’re going to slow down anytime soon,” he said.

The system is looking at every possible place it could add beds, knowing they will need more space than they did last time. It’s tapping into its staff to see how people can be shifted from what they normally do to caring for all the patients coming in, or helping support those who are providing the care. Delzell says that somehow the health system will find a way to get through the coming weeks.

“We are the hospital for this area and our commitment is to take care of all the patients in our community,” Delzell said. “The reality is there is no place else for them to go.”

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I’ve had M.D.s that are on the ground tell me the same thing: ‘This is unsustainable. We’re already at a point where we’re having to sort of triage care and decide who gets what based on limited resources and personnel.’””},{“_id”:”JL4VNECRQVFNTIOXF4PX7355Y4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629750130162},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The coming days could bring further delays in care for people sickened with COVID-19 or with other medical emergencies. Atlanta’s large children’s hospitals at times were so packed Tuesday that they were limiting transfers from other hospitals. ICUs are full at many hospitals, creating risks for all those who have to wait for a critical care bed, whether they have COVID or not. A critical nursing shortage means adding more beds in some hospitals will be pointless: There aren’t any more nurses available to staff them. 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It is housing in ER beds patients who should be admitted but for whom there are no inpatient beds. “It’s a very tenuous situation,” he said.”},{“_id”:”JSKZDUHBABDHLP5J3W5J2TWJNY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629822412382},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Black said he likes to keep the ratio of patients to ER doctors at around 12 to 14 patients per physician. Now, it’s going as high as 18 or 20.”},{“_id”:”MEWB6RP365HK3ONGYZHTWPPIRY”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”XC5FTM7ZFNC6LI4IX5K2PU6QSA”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Georgia nursing shortage at crisis levels”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus/georgia-nursing-shortage-at-crisis-levels/G37X6GW2HRDEXGWB6OS6OBA5KE/”},{“_id”:”BGBIDRUABJGAPAQT2GF4ZMQQ3Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629822412383},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“And the problem is, there’s not a good mixture of some that are real sick and some that are not so sick,” he said. 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When Newton County deputies entered his house, they discovered the body of Diane Johnson, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Caitlin Jett said.”},{“_id”:”S4C7DJZAQFHXFNX76SLXOQZATE”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”AAZ7GLA25NDMZNXJQ6OGV5L65A”},”type”:”raw_html”,”content”:”“},{“_id”:”UYWYBWKXXRACVG2Q45IT64NY6U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630443158798},”type”:”text”,”content”:”It wasn’t immediately clear what led to the fatal shooting or who placed the call that prompted the initial wellness check. 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The Riverdale man later died of his injuries at a hospital, police said.”},{“_id”:”K27CU4PC7BCRHLP3UXUYXECLNY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”106″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630435791820},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 24: Keesha Jordan was shot to death during a domestic dispute in southeast Atlanta, according to investigators. Two men were also shot inside an apartment on Thomasville Boulevard. Later that day, 43-year-old Andrea Rivers was arrested and charged with murder and three counts of aggravated assault with intent to murder.”},{“_id”:”M4IRO5QJRREPRO5OQMUJH6PTAE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”105″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630435791821},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 23: A man, identified as 60-year-old Frederick Mayson of La Fayette, Illinois., was shot outside the Circle K on Hollywood Road and ran out into the street before collapsing on Perry Boulevard. Three brothers were arrested in the case the following night. Bobby Yancey, 62, Gerry Yancey, 57, and Gregory Yancey, 55, were each charged with murder and the youngest Yancey is also facing additional weapons charges.”},{“_id”:”SW7E6BES6ZCP3EDKD3TWZ5DRF4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”104″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630442421714},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 23: A man shot July 15 at the Pick’n’Pay at the corner of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and Chappell Road died more than five weeks later. The death was the year’s 104th homicide, according to Atlanta police. Antonio Waller, 19, was charged with murder.”},{“_id”:”J4VL3DWNJFGUFMRGADOZLEEXQI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”101,102,103″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630435791822},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 22: Just before 1 a.m., officers were sent to the intersection of Whitehall and McDaniel streets, where they found three men with gunshot wounds. Those killed include Rumondo Swinney, 43, and 29-year-old Darrius Gray. The identity of the third victim was withheld pending next-of-kin notification.”},{“_id”:”JRO5JFDEIJCWZC74JMGSOHFNZY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”100″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629599141770},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 21: At around 3:55 p.m., officers were called to 803 Magnolia Way in northwest Atlanta on a report of a person shot. There, officers found 28-year-old Johnathan Pennington inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. Pennington was taken to the hospital in critical condition but died as a result of his wounds.”},{“_id”:”B7HK5NFBJVEAVHMS2MMIUANVNU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”9798″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629572223065},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 20: Siblings Robert Bankston Jr., 25, and Cedrika Smith, 35, were found shot to death on Sells Avenue in southwest Atlanta, according to police. LaMorris Willie Godfrey, 35, was charged with murder. Investigators believe the three were involved in a fight before the shooting.”},{“_id”:”5JCPJNIFJRC2DPJRUZJOVNCS6E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”98Aug. 19: One person was killed in a double shooting at an apartment complex in southeast Atlanta, according to police. Shortly after 7 p.m., officers were called to the Villages of East Lake apartments on Greenhaven Drive. There, officers found one man with a gunshot wound, police said. Moments later, a second gunshot victim was found.”}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629513119399},”type”:”text”,”content”:””},{“_id”:”D2AK6YZGOJCOBNZQRB25Y7ACZY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”99″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629513119400},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 19: Andre Clements, 28, was killed in a shooting on Marietta Street, Atlanta police said.”},{“_id”:”WAPYSRCHHJCGRKERP24H4PHWXM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629513119401},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Officers were called shortly after 2 p.m. to 469 Marietta Street, where they found a man with a gunshot wound. Clements died after being taken to a local hospital, according to police.”},{“_id”:”GQTQYDUJEJHYFCLW4XOWSVWK6E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”96″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629397172939},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 17: Jerome McKibbens, 33, was found with a gunshot wound at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fairburn Road in southwest Atlanta, according to investigators. Officers were called to the intersection about 11:30 p.m. McKibbens was already dead.”},{“_id”:”U466TESAXVBOXDUELBQZZKSASI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”95″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629397172940},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 14: Omar Whatley, 39, was found with a gunshot wound inside of a car in the 600 block of Cascade Avenue just before 11:15 p.m., Atlanta police said. He was in critical condition when he was taken to the hospital, but did not survive.”},{“_id”:”TZ2YS766I5GIFEV25TOF2YT7TI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”94″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629397172941},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 14: Officers were called to Andrew J. Hairston Boulevard just after 10 a.m. and found Dontrez D. Lewis, 23, of Mobile, Alabama, who had been shot repeatedly, police said. Lewis was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, but later died of his injuries.”},{“_id”:”3IPTRKIYF5EUBHWA663NLWHQEU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”93″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629409794069},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug.14: Around 5:29 am, officers responded to a person shot at 497 Oakdale Rd NE. There, they found a man who had been shot. The victim was transported to Grady in critical condition where he succumbed to his injuries.”},{“_id”:”FZPISXPABVHTDFX63MFZUC5UPQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”92″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1629226621704},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 13: Mariam Abdulrab’s body was discovered in southeast Atlanta, four hours after she was reported kidnapped. Abdulrab, 27, had been shot multiple times and was left near the intersection of Lakewood Avenue and Terrace Way in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood. DeMarcus Brinkley, 27, was charged with her murder.”},{“_id”:”D3BODWN3TVCEPEM32FZ57TDSOY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”91″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468221},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 10: Zerrick Monson, 27, was found shot to death on a south Atlanta sidewalk. Authorities were called to the 2600 block of Old Hapeville Road shortly after midnight. Two days later, 30-year-old Deyanciss Burnett was charged with felony murder.”},{“_id”:”YSXNYIIYXJGONITBEHQZASZQIU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”90″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468220},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 7: Kenon Jennings, 31, was shot near a Buckhead bar. Officers found Jennings near Hide Kitchen and Cocktails in the 3100 block of Roswell Road about 10:30 p.m., Atlanta police. The case remains under investigation.”},{“_id”:”AYOPQO4YAZEBLLRBUH6OWW2MXU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”89″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468219},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 5: Lorenzo Capers, 22, was shot in the 2100 block of Forrest Park Road. Investigators believe Capers, of Stockbridge, was walking in the area and was involved in a short verbal dispute with another man before shots were fired. Capers was the father of a 1-year-old son, according to a GoFundMe page.”},{“_id”:”WH2SSOAKDFEJPPG4XFRGWU22SM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”88″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468218},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 5: Taurean Sanders, 35, was shot July 23 during a fight in a parking lot on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Investigators initially believed the gunman acted in self-defense when he shot Sanders, who lived in Conyers. But Messiah Yaled-Bashaar was later charged with murder, according to police.”},{“_id”:”6I3LBODO65ARRLLR54VJOHVEGM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”87″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468217},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 4: Lawrence Hicks, 33, shot at the Providence at Cascade apartments on Fairburn Road. When officers arrived about 10:20 p.m., they found two people with gunshot wounds. The other person survived.”},{“_id”:”CTH5WGI5BFCX7KGMP34FGNNA7M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”86″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468216},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 4: Jaquan Montgomery, 21, shot at the Forest Cove apartments in southeast Atlanta, police said. Officers found Montgomery about 9:40 p.m. at the complex in the 300 block of Thomasville Boulevard. No arrests have been made.”},{“_id”:”4AJ7ACSXEZBHBDRQMFDFL26PPY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”85″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468215},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Aug. 1: Darrell Owens, 53, shot at a nightclub in the 1600 block of Lakewood Avenue. He was found in the parking lot. 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Ja’kari, who would have been in the 12th grade at Life Christian Academy in Forest Park, had recently told his mom he was looking forward to his senior prom. An arrest warrant was issued for a suspect, whose name was not released.”},{“_id”:”XCD5RLTD3RB43F7PHZ5VC3IAUM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”82″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468210},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 24: Javarian Benton, 28, shot on Argus Circle in northwest Atlanta. Two others were also shot, according to police. Investigators later identified a suspect. Unterio Ponds was charged with murder and arrested Aug. 6.”},{“_id”:”XCD5RLTD3RB43F7PHZ5VC3IAUM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”81″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468210},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 24: Bernard Harvey, 55, was found dead inside a North Avenue apartment. Few details were released on the case, which remains an open investigation.”},{“_id”:”FE4TZW4IXZAWBLWC2QT6UFGKPE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”80″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468209},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 20: Nicholas Brown, 32, was shot after a fight with a woman in the 1300 block of Kimberly Way, police said. Within minutes, investigators identified a suspect. Tynessia Lashun Naji, 24, was arrested on charges of murder and aggravated assault.”},{“_id”:”VQINBBN7RBHTBAUKCCUINSKMJ4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”79″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468208},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 17: Danzel Mullins, 34, found shot to death inside a car that was on fire in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood. Investigators later released video of a car whose driver may have been involved in the crime, which happened in the 900 block of Cunningham Place.”},{“_id”:”6WBWZTJHGRB2PLUYJ67YQWZT6Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”78″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468207},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 15: Joshua Evans, 36, killed in a drive-by shooting at a convenience store. Evans and another man were standing with a woman outside the Pick’n’Pay at the corner of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and Chappell Road, according to Atlanta police. Antonio Waller, 19, was later arrested and charged with murder. A second man was also shot.”},{“_id”:”4NCIXB6VLFG4HEYYJK2E2WOC2U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”77″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468206},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 13: Jahvarious Colvin, 15, shot to death at a gas station in southwest Atlanta. Officers responded to the BP station at 516 Lee Street SW in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood just before 6:30 p.m., Atlanta police said. Marion Davenport was arrested Aug. 1 and charged with murder, according to police.”},{“_id”:”P7D2IFBM2VFLPIKU6PQ5BC6Q4E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”76″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468205},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 12: Kenderrick Murphy, 23, shot July 4 on Hills Avenue in southwest Atlanta. He died eight days later and the case became a homicide investigation. The investigation continues.”},{“_id”:”T4ERUDSUK5DUDEQXX4EIJM2GBU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”75″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626121954721},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 9: Wendell Williams, 30, shot near the MARTA Five Points transit station. Officers responded to a call about a person shot on Broad Street, a pedestrian-only side street that connects to the MARTA station, around 2:20 p.m., according to Atlanta police. 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Investigators said her mother, 44-year-old Alicia Baker, was involved in a fight with another woman, which may have led to the double shooting.”},{“_id”:”RXYJZXAZNZARJGOERVROW6AKYI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”73″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626121954719},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 4: Keon Yarber, 31 shot on 24 William H Borders Drive. Yarber had been shot multiple times and died at a local hospital. No arrests have been made in the case.”},{“_id”:”JEPMOIAHWJAMND74FZII74JIHU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”72″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468201},”type”:”text”,”content”:”July 3: A 14-year-old boy was killed and two other teens were injured after a massive brawl ended in gunfire in the 600 block of McAfee Street, police said. Nearly 50 teenagers were present when the melee broke out and many had arrived on scooters, according to police. One 16-year-old, whose name was not released, was charged with murder.”},{“_id”:”TYDYK5KG4FAU5IW7P6TQXF4CLE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”71″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468200},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 30: Mario Peterson, 43, was shot to death at an apartment complex on Vanira Avenue shortly after midnight June 24. A suspect, Sequoyah Howard, 32, was later charged with murder. Peterson was a father of four and lived in Peoplestown, according to his online obituary.”},{“_id”:”JEPMOIAHWJAMND74FZII74JIHU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”70″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468199},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 26: Bailey Dee, 20, was killed in a drive-by shooting around 1:30 a.m. outside a condominium building in the 200 block of Piedmont Avenue, according to Atlanta police. He lived in Champaign, Illinois.”},{“_id”:”COTDCQT6VJEE5HHGTQFUJBTYKE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”69″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468198},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 24: Encre Styles, 30, was shot on June 16 at a Chevron at 1739 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The case was later declared a homicide. Both De’Shant Hester, 24, and Tahliek Hester, 27, were later arrested and charged with murder.”},{“_id”:”TLOOSXIAWVAO3J2WOYCEVVRLRQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”68″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626121954716},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 23: Antonio Gregg, 37, shot to death in the 500 block of Boulevard, near Morgan-Boulevard Park. Gregg, shot in northeast Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood, may have been targeted, according to police. Officers responded shortly before 6 p.m. and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds.”},{“_id”:”4OIAN7FROVBSXLTM5ZKPHUJG2I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”67″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624476034222},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 23: One passenger, 35-year-old Kevin Fulton, was killed and another was critically injured after their rideshare driver opened fire outside a northeast Atlanta gas station, police said. The driver, Nigel Nembhard, 36, was charged with felony murder and aggravated assault.”},{“_id”:”VHVMAKJYGNBK7MP5U74N3UG3D4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”66″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624476034221},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 22: A double shooting at a northeast Atlanta apartment complex left one person dead and another injured, police said. Officers arrived at the 400 block of Central Park Place around 4:45 p.m. regarding a person shot, police confirmed. Malik Campbell, 30, died at the scene.”},{“_id”:”OGDOD2XF3BGWXNUJ2PTNK4J45A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”65″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624476034220},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 20: A 37-year-old man, later identified as Rasttish Fallen was shot and killed at 421 Boulevard NE, Atlanta police said. Police identified Eddie Jackson, 52, as the murder suspect and he surrendered the same day. Witnesses said Jackson and Fallen argued before shots were fired in the northeast Atlanta neighborhood.”},{“_id”:”ZT7EJPP53ND5NHCTOAKYEX5FZQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”64″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1623674132599},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 13: Corey Burnett, a 26-year-old man, died after he was found shot near a southeast Atlanta gas station in the 1600 block of Eastland Road. Investigators believe he was shot less than a mile away on Montvallo Terrace, according to a police report. Burnett lived in Lithonia, according to his obituary.”},{“_id”:”BBXXE4UWS5GAHP2ZD6MQB4XBCM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”63″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1623418969598},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 11: Diamond O’Neal, 23, shot in northwest Atlanta. O’Neal was found in an apartment near the intersection of West Lake Avenue and Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, police said. After a man was found shot at a nearby gas station, officers followed a trail of blood to a nearby apartment complex. On June 17, 28-year-old Vorquis Williams was arrested and charged with murder and two counts of aggravated assault.”},{“_id”:”R5JKQMWOUBBZXPVHQBVEBRWVGE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”62″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468190},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 4: Eddie Walker, 71, hit with a hammer May 25 on Herring Road in southwest Atlanta. Investigators found the hammer beside Walker, who was found in an abandoned home. He died June 1 and the case became a homicide investigation. An arrest warrant was issued for a suspect.”},{“_id”:”RTEB2AJMMRBEHCIPLT5J3YIQEY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”61″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622832895090},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 3: Courtney Lyons Jr., 21, shot on Perry Boulevard. Lyons’ body was found just after 8 a.m. at the Westside Crossing Apartments. He lived in Loganville, according to his online obituary. Two suspects, Marcayla Brianna Kemp and Billy Wells, were arrested and charged with murder three days later, jail records show.”},{“_id”:”NKSWRFP3MBF5FMBUGUD2MXC2FI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”60″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190781},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 2: Justine Bernard, 19, shot on Auburn Avenue. Bernard was shot while visiting Atlanta, according to police. Nyasia Reeves, a 20-year-old suspect, was arrested and charged with murder. Bernard was a student at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, according to the university.”},{“_id”:”HW3HLR5UMZCEBCZWYRANPBHWLU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”59″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190780},”type”:”text”,”content”:”June 1: Ray Gibson, 29, on Harwell Road. Gibson was found shot in the parking lot of the Vue at Harwell apartment complex.”},{“_id”:”U4OYLYU6CZFVPD77XGHJ6Z56N4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”58″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190778},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 31: Michael Gary, 46, shot on Fairburn Road. Gary was killed in a drive-by shooting in the parking lot of the Fairburn Gordon Apartments. 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Jackson Jr. was shot in his own bedroom, according to his family and police. Jamarion Ivory, 18, was charged with his murder.”},{“_id”:”NIQM4PM2WRC55NWJJP7O57AJQI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”56″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1623110649793},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 28: Jaques Gresham, 26, on William H. Borders Drive Gresham was killed in a drive-by shooting in southeast Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood. He is survived by a young daughter, according to a GoFundMe page.”},{“_id”:”CC42BUCKMRG6ZHTLWLBB47GKG4″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”ER6WESPMU5DJ3POLFX4ADSZK6M”},”type”:”raw_html”,”content”:”“},{“_id”:”UZKDABTRERA67CIFUJCFEEZWUI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”55″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190775},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 27: Jaquayon Gibson, 19, shot on Larchwood Road. Gibson died after being shot multiple times following a dispute in southwest Atlanta.”},{“_id”:”XB7BQTHDE5CSDKJU4S7PKATQHQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”54″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190774},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 22: Zechariah Tyrell Guyton, 19, shot at a house party on Lanvale Drive. Guyton was one of two shot at a southwest Atlanta home, but the other victim survived, according to police. Tarik Brown was later arrested and charged with murder.”},{“_id”:”VN7ORGOJFZF7ZOG7N3WVYE656E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”53″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468178},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 14: Vernon Harper, 30, shot on Lang Drive. The father of two was killed while visiting a friend, according to investigators. He was killed during an argument. In June, James McClendon, 45, was charged with felony murder.”},{“_id”:”ZKQP7MFH7BHKXFJSCLNQDSLI2U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”52″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190773},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 17: Keith Sharpe, 43, shot on Piedmont Road. Sharpe was killed in the bathroom of the Azule Restaurant and Lounge in Buckhead. An arrest warrant was issued for a suspect.”},{“_id”:”2MJDSYF7DNHUPJ64MH3NIOLNZE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”51″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190772},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 17: Alan Turner, 29, shot on Metropolitan Parkway. A 15-year-old boy was arrested and faces multiple charges related to Turner’s death at Metro Mart USA in southwest Atlanta.”},{“_id”:”GHDW36YURBDJVLRSJOOK7ECWQE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”50″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468171},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 17: Alicia Merrell, 27, shot on Magnolia Way. Merrell was shot multiple times at an apartment complex, according to police. She was a mother of five. The investigation continues into her death.”},{“_id”:”EHHUGVEXLFCTJKW7RZDEYHVGGU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”49″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190770},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 17: Mayco Rodrique, 38, shot on Ga. 400. Rodrique was shot as he rode in a friend’s car, according to police. The father of six and grandfather of two died from his injuries when a bullet entered his back and struck his heart, his family said. The case remains under investigation.”},{“_id”:”XOBR43AZMFDQ5EICWJY736R7UA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”48″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628781690503},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 11: Tjvanish Brown, infant, died on Fulton Street. The newborn’s mother told police she awoke to find him cold to the touch, according to police. In May, the baby’s mother, Erica Brown, was arrested charged with second-degree murder and second-degree cruelty to children.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Tykeisha Dixon (left) and her husband Luke Henderson were reported missing from their Roswell apartment on Friday. 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Investigators believe the Roswell woman was shot in Atlanta and her body later dumped in Illinois. Her husband was later located in Washington and charged with her death.”},{“_id”:”XD3OA6CQC5HMBC6WSXGKOX2BF4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”46″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190767},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 9: Lenwood Colbert, 58, shot on Forrest Park Road. Colbert was found shot inside a parked Ford Fusion, according to police. He died after being taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. A suspect, Jylan Nelson, was arrested in July and charged with murder.”},{“_id”:”XD3OA6CQC5HMBC6WSXGKOX2BF4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”45″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190767},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 9: Adrian Zavala, 54, shot on Jonesboro Road. Zavala was killed at the Colony South mobile home park, according to police. A suspect, Mucio Dolores Rodriguez Hernandez, was later charged with murder in the case, police said.”},{“_id”:”Z44UB7Y7GZGXFFM4U46L2523HU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”44″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190765},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 8: Dexter Calhoun, 63, shot on Emerald Avenue. Calhoun was shot inside his pickup truck and then crashed into a pole in southwest Atlanta. No arrests have been made in his death.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Atlanta police are seeking information in the weekend shooting death of 15-year-old Diamond Johnson.”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:””,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/NG46SUA75BAVDOIWTGPSRQ7VLI.jpg”,”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[],”by”:[{“name”:”Atlanta Police Department”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Atlanta Police Department”}]},”subtitle”:”diamond johnson”,”width”:1000,”_id”:”NG46SUA75BAVDOIWTGPSRQ7VLI”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/resizer/ZPsCeWjJklyxce3hB41caAd7ESs=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/NG46SUA75BAVDOIWTGPSRQ7VLI.jpg”,”owner”:”[email protected]”,”comments”:[],”proxyUrl”:”/resizer/ZPsCeWjJklyxce3hB41caAd7ESs=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/NG46SUA75BAVDOIWTGPSRQ7VLI.jpg”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/NG46SUA75BAVDOIWTGPSRQ7VLI.jpg”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”/resizer/ZPsCeWjJklyxce3hB41caAd7ESs=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/NG46SUA75BAVDOIWTGPSRQ7VLI.jpg”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/SbfkJNxntidzA8d-iYZ1GAm5NcE=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/NG46SUA75BAVDOIWTGPSRQ7VLI.jpg”,”version”:0,”originalName”:”johnson, diamond.jpg_web.jpg”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”KTGARSSCEVDXRMBOSXHUB2UDCU”},”created_date”:”2021-05-04T11:10:32Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-05-04T11:10:32Z”,”height”:563,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”EN3QQQFIHJAC5OG7VYCHYZ536U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”43″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190764},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 1: Diamond Johnson, 15, shot on Glenwood Avenue. Johnson was shot near a busy shopping center across the street from Maynard Jackson High School, where she was a student. A woman, Elizabeth Parham, was later charged with her murder.”},{“_id”:”KGP6XROERFHC7AGB4RNC6LPWXU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”42″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190762},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 29: Anthony Parker, 35, shot on Polar Rock Terrace. Six men were shot, but all but Parker survived following the incident at a southwest Atlanta home, according to police. He lived in Ellenwood, according to his obituary. No arrests have been made.”},{“_id”:”TSWL76DYHJFMZPGHXL7A4GQ6WI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”41″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190761},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 29: Daylon Wilson, 21, shot on Chappell Road. Wilson was among seven people who were shot, killing two, in two separate incidents that occurred less than 30 minutes apart. The investigation continues into Wilson’s death.”},{“_id”:”C2E7A7ISRNHUZBBAIKGNJELF54″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”40″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190759},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 23: Michael Jones, 31, shot April 19 on Oakland Lane. Jones was one of five men shot at the Oakland City West End Apartments, but the others survived. It was declared a homicide investigation four days later. No arrests have been made in his death.”},{“_id”:”PIR2NIENPNBRLCG55HPIPYQ26U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”39″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190760},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 23: Jacobe Gilbert, 41, shot on Ruth Street. Gilbert was found lying in the middle of the road. No arrests have been made in his case.”},{“_id”:”6E4NIDVGNBH3PBSXCSCYR7LKQE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”38″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190758},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 15: Stephon Middleton, 19, shot on Custer Avenue. Investigators believe Middleton, who was visiting from Ohio, was walking with another man and the two got into a car together. There were shots fired, and the teen’s body was dumped into the street. Derrion Johnson, 19, was arrested days later in Ohio and charged with murder.”},{“_id”:”2KHXKWVEYRCJPFIKUPUKRD44AU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”37″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190757},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 7: Tahji Williams, 30, shot on William H. Borders Drive. Williams was killed outside a business at Selena S. Butler Park along Borders Drive. A suspect, Frederick Goins, was later arrested and charged with murder.”},{“_id”:”QQLLWYAY5FC33DB4DQGQDIO3ZU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”36″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190756},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 4: Christian Manzanarez, 19, shot on Woodland Avenue. Manzanarez was found dead at a Lenox Road apartment complex, a few blocks from where he lived. A teenager was charged with his murder.”},{“_id”:”JAJXJETQSBGMFP6TZ6LIXZVC4A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”35″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468156},”type”:”text”,”content”:”March 31: De’Misha Williams, 22, was shot April 25, 2020, at a package store on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard. Nearly a year later, the case was ruled a homicide and a suspect was arrested.”},{“_id”:”G7VQPTCQWJFNBFKSJOYWCORAMA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”34″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190755},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 2: Michael Bowden, 39, shot on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard. Bowden was killed at a northwest Atlanta intersection. It was the second fatal shooting at that intersection with Troy Street in the past six months. The shooting death remains under investigation.”},{“_id”:”2V72MZLHMNBQ5AXAUQK5Q5PWGQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”33″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190754},”type”:”text”,”content”:”April 1: Don Juan Weaver, 19, shot on Langston Avenue. Weaver was killed in front of a southwest Atlanta home, according to police. He lived in Jonesboro, according to his obituary. No arrests have been made in the case.”},{“_id”:”EB6MGK466VGYJII24GGS6YCQVU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”32″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190752},”type”:”text”,”content”:”March 29: Roosevelt Wood, 29, shot on Campbellton Road. Wood was shot repeatedly during an argument at the Cascade Glen complex on Campbellton Road. Six weeks later, a suspect, Damieon Rutland, was arrested in Oklahoma.”},{“_id”:”2MPRERGU7JCCBA5ZMMQYNPTYNA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”31″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190751},”type”:”text”,”content”:”March 26: Elexia Banks, 40, shot on Alexandria Drive. Banks was killed outside Deerwood Park in southwest Atlanta. In surveillance footage, a man can be seen standing next to a red vehicle and firing a gun before leaving the scene. The case remains under investigation.”},{“_id”:”TGS2TQ2DERHH3BGSWG22RY32AU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”30″},{“pos”:305,”comment”:”need report”}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1628821468151},”type”:”text”,”content”:”March 26: Tariq Lockhart, 28, shot March 7 on Howell Place. Lockhart who lived in Memphis, died after being shot in the chest at a southwest Atlanta home. Another man was injured, according to police, and was later charged with Lockhart’s murder after the case became a homicide investigation on March 26.”},{“_id”:”2GBJ566FMNCRXAE6JM3RVASKGU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”29″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190749},”type”:”text”,”content”:”March 25: Claudly Pierre, 21, shot on Fairburn Road. Investigators believe Pierre may have been shot elsewhere before being taken to a gas station. Investigators later released surveillance images of the suspect. On June 14, 20-year-old Isaiah Nichols was arrested and charged with murder.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Metro Atlanta’ s spa shooting victims.nClockwise from top left: Yong Ae Yue; Xiaojie “Emily” Tan; Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez; Suncha Kim; Paul Andre Michels; Daoyou Feng; Hyun Jung Grant and Soon Chung Park”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:””,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/Y6JTWKHNAZGHLGPSZZONWZMJEQ.JPG”,”geo”:{},”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”Family Photos”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”Family Photos”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Family Photos”}]},”subtitle”:”Spa shooting victims”,”width”:406,”creditIPTC”:”Family Photos”,”_id”:”Y6JTWKHNAZGHLGPSZZONWZMJEQ”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/resizer/lbHnxMDqTHVkN7spkfBTSdZeaZc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/Y6JTWKHNAZGHLGPSZZONWZMJEQ.JPG”,”owner”:”[email protected]”,”comments”:[],”keywords”:[],”proxyUrl”:”/resizer/lbHnxMDqTHVkN7spkfBTSdZeaZc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/Y6JTWKHNAZGHLGPSZZONWZMJEQ.JPG”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/Y6JTWKHNAZGHLGPSZZONWZMJEQ.JPG”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”/resizer/lbHnxMDqTHVkN7spkfBTSdZeaZc=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/Y6JTWKHNAZGHLGPSZZONWZMJEQ.JPG”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/DdbolIl7rmYadQVa1FhbO631l9I=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/Y6JTWKHNAZGHLGPSZZONWZMJEQ.JPG”,”version”:1,”originalName”:”Spa shooting victims 2.JPG”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”IH6ZVBYOTNGXLOGCSPNJBLASVQ”},”created_date”:”2021-05-14T17:09:51Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-05-14T17:10:22Z”,”height”:224,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”2GBJ566FMNCRXAE6JM3RVASKGU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”25-28″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190749},”type”:”text”,”content”:”March 16: Soon Park, 74; Hyun Grant, 51; Suncha Kim, 69; and Yong Yue, 63; all shot on Piedmont Road. All four were victims of a shooting spree at three metro Atlanta spas. After four victims were shot to death at a spa in Cherokee County, a gunman drove to Atlanta where the four women were shot to death, according to investigators in both counties. Suspect Robert Aaron Young has been charged with eight counts of murder.”},{“_id”:”UEJAG5UTPJEYLPZAAJVIEQEPLU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”24″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190748},”type”:”text”,”content”:”March 13: Ronald Barner, 58, shot on Valeland Avenue. Barner was killed on a morning walk through this southwest Atlanta neighborhood. An arrest was later made in the case.”},{“_id”:”4PJWWQJGVVEPNFBICL4YSFKHV4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”23″}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1622819190747},”type”:”text”,”content”:”March 12: Jerome Grant, 42, shot on Alfred Road. After Grant’s death, family members said a video of the killing was uploaded to Instagram by a witness. 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WATCH: UPDATE – 2 in critical condition after shooting at #Clayton County apartments- https://t.co/ECMw4clOBP pic.twitter.com/VfDoXHBthg

— John Spink (@johnjspink) August 31, 2021

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During Memorial Day weekend, four people drowned in state waters, the DNR reported.”},{“_id”:”MGY2NJ546FB37KT5JTURFLXRMM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041835},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol isn’t a new problem. But the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) says the pandemic has led to a rise in substance abuse, and that’s dangerous with more drivers on the road for the holiday.”},{“_id”:”IRTX7X3CX5BTPNVKOGYULZF64U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041836},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Labor Day weekend is a great time to get together and celebrate the unofficial end of summer,” GHSA Executive Director Jonathan Adkins said in an emailed statement. “As we’ve done throughout the pandemic, Americans need to keep safety top of mind when behind the wheel. Every single death and injury in an impaired driving crash is preventable. Enjoy the waning days of summer — but do it safely.””},{“_id”:”SX4Z3BYOT5APDBGA3UTGIUNNRY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041837},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The Georgia Department of Transportation will be doing its part to ease weekend travel. The agency will be restricting construction-related lane closures on interstates and major state routes from noon Friday through 5 a.m. Tuesday. Lane closures will also be limited on major state routes that directly serve key tourist and recreation areas.”},{“_id”:”BPGEWBXXPFHIFO4DAGIEQBXRL4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041838},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In metro Atlanta, traffic jams are expected to begin as early as noon Friday, GDOT said. Expect more traffic on Sunday and Monday, and the Tuesday morning commute could be slower than normal, experts advised.”},{“_id”:”65QWUGRF6FC7FGT3VUHKD6ZSIQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041839},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“This year, we anticipate traffic volumes will be closer to what we experienced in 2019 as Georgians head out on the roads this Labor Day weekend,” Andrew Heath, GDOT’s state traffic engineer, said. “With this heavier traffic in mind, we encourage travelers to plan their trips ahead, practice safe driving behaviors and most of all enjoy their holiday weekend as safely as possible.””},{“_id”:”KCASNVLHARGNZEO7RAMJX7FSZ4″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”VVUZ5XNKSVDL7MAN54E2TMZF7A”},”type”:”divider”},{“_id”:”LUFRCCFYOFDZ5AP5Q24N6ULSSM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041841},”type”:”text”,”content”:”STAYING SAFE OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND“},{“_id”:”6TICLY3ZHJBCHJ43JW334N246U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041842},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Whether traveling on the road or hitting a local lake for boating, experts say take these precautions to keep yourself and your family safe.”},{“_id”:”KWQ5FWJPJBETPGSLJ4DDDFSZJA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041843},”type”:”text”,”content”:”1. Plan ahead. Before heading out, make sure any needed vehicle or boat repairs have been made. Have a first-aid kit and any other emergency supplies ready.”},{“_id”:”S5XBEHKRTNCCFJOFWKMGLYVULA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041844},”type”:”text”,”content”:”2. Obey the posted speed limit. When you exceed the speed limit, you reduce the amount of available time needed to avoid a traffic crash.”},{“_id”:”G5YNYMZOJVEIJBZV23TWKMW6GQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041845},”type”:”text”,”content”:”3. Do not drive impaired. That’s whether in a car or a boat. Designate a sober driver, or call a taxi, ride-sharing service, friend, or family member to help you get home safely.”},{“_id”:”TV6B4KQLTFE4HOEYFMVZVANFSM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041846},”type”:”text”,”content”:”4. Buckle up. Make sure everyone in the vehicle wears a seat belt and that children are properly restrained in the appropriate child safety seats. If on a boat, those under 13 need to wear life preservers.”},{“_id”:”7ROTKMGRJZAQNIEM22U5VPOV6U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041847},”type”:”text”,”content”:”6. Pay attention. Limit your distractions, and never use electronic devices to text or surf the web while driving. The Hands-Free Georgia Act prohibits all drivers from using hand-held cellphones while driving. Be aware of your surroundings while on waterways.”},{“_id”:”ZKFED7BBJ5CZZJUVTSWVFO3KDQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630353041848},”type”:”text”,”content”:”7. Wear a mask. And practice social distancing while in public places such as grocery stores, restaurants, bars, and other inside places. 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1155 AM CDT: #Ida made landfall as an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and a minimum central pressure of 930 mb (27.46 inches) https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/iHdKMGk0tq

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 29, 2021

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Before that, she worked 30 years as a bus driver for Fulton County Schools. She loved her students, McMaster said, and always asked them great questions. Goodman is survived by her husband, Ray, and her three adult children.”},{“_id”:”RIMFWBISPBBFLADGVLWPNSDD7I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630178279028},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Ray Goodman, who still works as a school bus driver in Fulton County, brought his wife lunch Friday afternoon and had the chance to spend some time with her before her death, McMaster said.”},{“_id”:”4DRKIXTGNJDBVDK4F4ZE5VAY6U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630103815384},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Please pray for the family and respect their privacy during this difficult time,” he said. “Our hearts are broken as we share in this loss with them. We will be doing everything we can to love and support them through this.””},{“_id”:”QNNY5HGENJFMVII4XATHL2ODBU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630103815385},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Officers were called out to the gravel parking lot near the school’s sports facility about 3:30 p.m. and found Goodman underneath the bus, Fairburn police spokesman Deputy Chief Anthony Bazydlo said. Police initially believed she was experiencing mechanical problems with the bus and crawled underneath it to check out what was wrong.”},{“_id”:”ABZQV2SZ5ZAGHHZT6MFF2KJYME”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630168189510},”type”:”text”,”content”:”It was later determined she left the bus in gear before stepping off. The vehicle then rolled forward, trapping her underneath. Officials said Goodman was killed instantly.”},{“_id”:”DTEZY2HJZRDW7JUJRETS6YEQSI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630157198897},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Police tape and patrol vehicles surrounded the bus in the school’s parking lot Friday afternoon as the investigation into the driver’s death got underway. The Georgia Department of Public Safety conducted two inspections of the 2-year-old bus but no mechanical issues were found, Bazydlo said Saturday morning.”},{“_id”:”OLVLYD3UKFEZTCIYASFAJYTFKQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630178279033},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Shortly before she was killed, Goodman texted Landmark’s transportation director and said she was having issues with her emergency brake, police and school officials said. The director called to see if everything was OK, but did not get a response from Goodman.”},{“_id”:”TK2JE7SG3BGPFBEJLQR7KVMRE4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630157198899},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I don’t know if this was some kind of mistake made by the driver or some kind of error that was made, but the inspection of the bus that was conducted — everything was fine,” Bazydlo said Saturday.”},{“_id”:”HPWAMIRQIVB65DHNHBQ2MIRXBY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630101513644},”type”:”text”,”content”:”No students were aboard the bus at the time of the accident, but McMaster said grief counselors are available for those who would like to speak with someone. Authorities also said they are reviewing surveillance footage from the parking lot to get a better understanding of what happened.”},{“_id”:”XN2WVZJ265DDVLMPNIYMDMMR5Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630178279036},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s just awful,” McMaster said Saturday afternoon.”},{“_id”:”52KQUHGYCVALBLDE55N63QD2RU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630156023105},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In a statement, Fairburn Mayor Elizabeth Carr-Hurst said: “We are deeply saddened to hear of your great loss. Our prayers and condolences are with all who are affected by this tragedy. 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Imagine kids hearing about Martin Luther King at school and be like "yo that's the guy in fortnite"

— abbas | CAMPEONES ??⚪ (@abbas_skl567) August 26, 2021

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“},{“_id”:”O67QPT35KRGXZFI33B6OLDGXZ4″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”5Z5OEMYBPRDWXJ5DFPWRPGY42Y”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Why Aug. 28 is the most important date in Black history”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/aug-1955-the-day-emmett-till-launched-movement/PyJd92R8VPeK12zYf7CYTN/”},{“_id”:”KTLGLX7OCFF3BBJ3WTAPZSQI5U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630084548108},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The experience extends with museum-inspired points of interest, and collaborative mini-game quests you compete with others,” Fortnite creator Epic Games said in a statement on its website. “These activities progress players through the experience and bring to life important themes of Dr. King’s speech: We move forward when we work together.””},{“_id”:”O5FO2WJ4Z5G5PLCHXRHPYP4ET4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630084548109},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Traversing through a virtual Washington, D.C., called “D.C. 63,” players also can compete in challenges related to the civil rights movement to unlock bonuses.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”caption”:”Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Sam Pollard’s “MLK/FBI.” IFC Films”,”source”:{“system”:”McClatchy Tribune”,”name”:”McClatchy Tribune”,”edit_url”:””,”source_type”:”wires”,”source_id”:”s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/MCT/ENTER-MOVIE-MLK-FBI-MCT.jpg”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[],”tags”:[{“description”:”McClatchy Tribune”,”text”:”McClatchy Tribune”,”slug”:”McClatchy-Tribune”}]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”custom”,”name”:”McClatchy Tribune”,”category”:”wires”},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/JC42RRGYNX6GZ4EZJXCEO76KNM.jpg”,”geo”:{},”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”TNS”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”IFC Films”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”IFC Films”}]},”subtype”:”Wires”,”subtitle”:”ENTER-MOVIE-MLK-FBI-MCT”,”width”:1280,”_id”:”JC42RRGYNX6GZ4EZJXCEO76KNM”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/resizer/Tpamlqizco_yAeQFpFGpq49ZogE=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/JC42RRGYNX6GZ4EZJXCEO76KNM.jpg”,”comments”:[],”iptc_job_identifier”:”5951374W”,”keywords”:[“McClatchy Tribune”],”proxyUrl”:”/resizer/Tpamlqizco_yAeQFpFGpq49ZogE=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/JC42RRGYNX6GZ4EZJXCEO76KNM.jpg”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/JC42RRGYNX6GZ4EZJXCEO76KNM.jpg”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”/resizer/Tpamlqizco_yAeQFpFGpq49ZogE=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/JC42RRGYNX6GZ4EZJXCEO76KNM.jpg”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/_kQWOosaiytW7uQVhYpzHF3MiXg=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/JC42RRGYNX6GZ4EZJXCEO76KNM.jpg”,”version”:2,”originalName”:”s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/MCT/ENTER-MOVIE-MLK-FBI-MCT.jpg”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”AQHEIKC5MVBWJFSVPMPM3JHI2U”},”created_date”:”2021-01-14T15:15:28Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-01-14T16:55:34Z”,”slug”:”ENTER-MOVIE-MLK-FBI-MCT”,”height”:720,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”FNNCLI27N5H6ZOJQLPVAFN4YQA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630084548111},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Launched in 2017, Fortnite is an online multiplayer platform where participants can choose from a number of different game-play activities, ranging from shooting zombies to attending virtual concerts.”},{“_id”:”XAQ7JKSPMFHVLEDABIIPU2DTGY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630084548113},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The “I Have a Dream” experience would be similar to attending a concert or event.”},{“_id”:”B33XSNDSRFCRVJEFU734AIX4DM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630084548114},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But with the announcement came confusion and skepticism among gamers, as well as social media users dismayed at how King’s image is being used.”},{“subtype”:”twitter”,”referent”:{“referent_properties”:{“additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1630154714363}},”provider”:”https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?url=”,”service”:”oembed”,”id”:”https://twitter.com/AlanMassenburg/status/1431294107293454339″,”type”:”twitter”},”_id”:”OGRHRO73CJCF7FAFLVV4UGWNM4″,”raw_oembed”:{“author_name”:”Alan Massenburg”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”twitter”,”version”:”1.0″,”url”:”https://twitter.com/AlanMassenburg/status/1431294107293454339″,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/AlanMassenburg”,”width”:550,”html”:”

Martin Luther King would get violent with the creators of Fortnite if he was alive and seen this nonsense https://t.co/AgfRWVYmYq

— Alan Massenburg (@AlanMassenburg) August 27, 2021

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This Martin Luther King Jr. #Fortnite 'Event/Collab' is horrible. Who was specifically part of the decision making behind this? It's unacceptable and a complete f'in disgrace. Damn. https://t.co/9XUF9NmY4r

— Brian Tong (@briantong) August 27, 2021

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Nothing about this stunt/event feels genuinely rooted in the educational opportunity people keep saying it provides https://t.co/YxDD0BSS2t

— Charles PM (@CharlesPulliam) August 27, 2021

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The water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is between 85-90° along the projected path of Hurricane Ida. This heat will fuel rapid strengthening into a major hurricane this weekend. pic.twitter.com/QYiw2Ny3W0

— Brad Nitz (@BradNitzWSB) August 27, 2021

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The suspect got out of his car and walked toward the man, pointing a gun at him and ordering him to hand over a Coach book bag found in the truck, according to police.”},{“_id”:”O4X3AFQSBBFZFNQBFMYZLIIRQU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630089475967},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The bag had the man’s U.S. passport, a wallet, debit card, credit card, $9,200 in cash, his driver’s license and an iPhone 12, the report reveals.”},{“_id”:”A7G42R5T6JAE5NJ4AVQRF3SYCM”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”YXQESBINPFG4PDSYU6TPA4QWZU”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Gwinnett police seek 2 accused of stealing $60K from parked car”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett-police-seek-2-accused-of-stealing-60k-from-parked-car/373VHV7TS5C4LAEQAUX4J4JXQA/4″},{“_id”:”G5AAXTSTVJGMZBE4BRQIMDEPJE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630089475969},”type”:”text”,”content”:”About six months ago, Peachtree Corners was the site of a robbery in which $60,000 was taken from a parked car. Two men followed the victim from a bank in Doraville, where they noticed the businessman made a large withdrawal, police said in February. The businessman then parked at an office building in Peachtree Corners and the two suspected robbers were caught on video smashing the window and taking the money.”},{“_id”:”LUOZ2OJHW5BKZHNW64JBAYEKMY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630079620370},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Winderweedle said the two incidents are not believed to be connected.”},{“_id”:”XGASGPYAPJDUVPNJFOGRHMKDXA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630089475971},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Anyone with information on the July 21 incident is asked to contact Gwinnett police detectives at 770-513-5300. Tipsters can remain anonymous by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, texting information to 274637 or visiting the Crime Stoppers website.”},{“_id”:”BHGH3HRHLVCULPRRXW5KHSJVPA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1630089475972},”type”:”text”,”content”:”— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.”}],”display_date”:”2021-08-27T19:44:37.547Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”Gwinnett police seek suspect accused of following man home, stealing $9K at gunpoint”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-08-27T19:44:37.547Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/news”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”News”,”description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”_id”:”/news”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”TopNavRedesign”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”LoggedOutMenu”:null,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”TopNav”:null,”TopicsBar”:null,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“site_url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/”,”section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”site_title”:”Atlanta GA News | Top News Page”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”News”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”News”,”Sponsor”:{“sponsor_url_open_new_tab”:”true”,”sponsor_desktop_banner”:””,”sponsor_mobile_banner”:””,”sponsor_url”:””},”_id”:”/news”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”TopNavRedesign”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”LoggedOutMenu”:[],”MainMenuRedesign2021″:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”TopicsBar”:[]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1001,”default”:1001,”SectionMap”:1018,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:1001,”ComposerNav”:1131}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./news”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″},{“path”:”/neighborhoods/gwinnett”,”parent”:{“default”:”/neighborhoods”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”/neighborhoods”,”name”:”Gwinnett County”,”description”:”Local news for Gwinnett County, GA including Gwinnett County Schools, high school sports, things to do from the AJC. 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