Crime & Safety
Two Charged With Shooting of Man Found Dead in Car: Report
The victim's body was discovered Oct. 18 at a MARTA station in west Atlanta.
ATLANTA, GA — Two men will appear in a Fulton County courtroom Wednesday morning on charges that they shot another man and left his body in the trunk of a car at a MARTA station, according to a media report.
Xavier Gibson, 21, and Orlando Gibson, 27, have been charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the killing of Christopher Dean, WGCL-TV CBS 46 reported. The transit agency's police arrested the two earlier this month.
The body of Dean, 33, was found on Oct. 18 at the Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station in west Atlanta. He was laid to rest on Oct. 22 in Douglasville, CBS46 reported.
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The police believe that Dean was shot at another location, and then his body was left at the MARTA station, according to CBS46.
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