Crime & Safety
Father Killed at Atlanta Bus Stop with Daughter Nearby
The father was trying to get on a bus to take his daughter back to her mother, family said.
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Photo Credit: WSB-TV
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An Atlanta family is in mourning after the father of a 3-year-old girl was shot and killed in front of the child at a bus stop.
According to WSB-TV, Dantavious Chatman and his daughter Dakayla were waiting for a bus at a stop outside a church on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway when someone got out of a car and shot Chatman several times. Dakayla was not injured during the shooting, but has been traumatized by witnessing her father’s murder.
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Chatman isn’t a regular bus rider, but was forced to use mass transit after he couldn’t get anyone to help him take Dakalya to her mother.
Police continue to look for Chatman’s killer.
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