Crime & Safety
1 Dead, 1 Injured in Moreland Avenue Shooting
The shooting happened near a DeKalb County gas station at 2:30 a.m.
DECATUR, GA -- One man was killed and another man injured early Monday morning in a shooting near a Moreland Avenue gas station in DeKalb County.
Three men were returning from a club at about 2:30 a.m., according to DeKalb County Police
They were stopped at a stoplight when someone in a white SUV opened fire on their black Ford Mustang, DeKalb police spokesman Maj. S.R. Fore said Tuesday in an email.
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They made it to a Citgo gas station near Little Five Points and the driver and a passenger were transported to Grady Hospital. The driver, 32-year-old Darius Davenport, was pronounced dead.
The passenger, 22 years old, was in serious but stable condition Tuesday, Fore said. The third man in the Mustang was not struck.
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Police hope to get more information from the passenger who was not injured and nearby surveillance cameras.
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