A comment about a child appears to have sparked a confrontation that quickly escalated to deadly gunfire at a DeKalb County gas station Tuesday, according to officials.
DeKalb police said they got a call just before 5 p.m. about a person shot at a Citgo on Columbia Drive in the Candler-McAfee area.
A store clerk told Channel 2 Action News that the shooting victim said something to a child inside the store. It was not clear what was said, as security footage obtained by the news station does not have audio, but it made a man who was with the girl uncomfortable.
The footage then showed the child being escorted outside before a woman who was also with the child approached while holding a gun and started shouting at the victim, whose name has not been released.
“The lady was shouting outside, ‘Why did you say that to my girl, why did you do that to my girl?’” Citgo employee Sunny Ram told Channel 2. “I went and calmed both the parties down. Like, ‘Calm down. Everything will be all right.’”
But at some point, the woman approached the victim again, which led to him punching her. That is when the man who escorted the child outside allegedly opened fire, the video showed.
When first responders arrived, the victim was rushed to a hospital, where he died.
No other details about the case have been released by police, including whether the alleged shooter has been identified.
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