Crime & Safety
Vortex Murder Suspects Arrested
Two of the four arrested suspects were linked to earlier robberies in Virginia Highland.
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Four people have been arrested for the murders of two men who were gunned down inside the parking lot of The Vortex in March.
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According to WSB-TV, two of the suspects in the murders of Chaitanyalila Kelsey and Joseph Hruska had previously been picked up on armed robbery charges for two holdups in Virginia Highland just before the March 14 murders. One of those suspects is a juvenile, police say.
Kelsey and Hruska were killed just before 3 a.m. as they were walking home. Nobody witnessed their deaths, but an employee of The Vortex heard the shots and went to investigate. Neither Kelly nor Hruska worked in the area.
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