Crime & Safety
Gunshot Victim Dead After Being Pushed From Car on Downtown Connector
The incident happened on the connector's northbound lanes near I-20 on Friday afternoon.
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Atlanta, GA -- A gunshot victim is dead after being thrown from a car Friday afternoon on the downtown connector.
Police say the incident happened on I75/85 northbound, just south of the downtown connector.
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CBS46 is reporting the victim was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he later died. According to Channel 2 Action News, the man was pushed out of a moving car after he had already been shot. Police said the victim was pushed out of a car as it approached a Clayton County ambulance.
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