Crime & Safety

Man found shot, killed inside car at Flat Shoals Road apartment complex

Police searching for suspect who shot victim multiple times around 5 a.m. Sunday

DeKalb County police are looking for an individual who shot and killed a man inside his Jaguar at the Vineyard of Flat Shoals apartments early Sunday morning.

Channel 2 Action News reported that the shooting occurred shortly before 5 a.m. at the complex located off Flat Shoals Road and left Demarco Booker dead as a result of several gunshot wounds.

According to the news agency, friends and family of Booker, who suffered multiple gunshots to his face, had gathered outside his home at the Highlands at East Atlanta Apartments on Sunday morning looking for answers.

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In the Channel 2 report, one witness said a man had exited Booker’s late model car, then went to the driver’s side “to argue with Booker before shooting him several times.”

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