The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Driver crashes into home after fatal road-rage shooting
Passengers say shooter pulled alongside car and opened fire.
A car crashed into a home following a deadly road-rage shooting, and the gunman is on the run, DeKalb County police said.
Officers were called to the scene on Columbia Drive late Wednesday, Lt. Lonzy Robertson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. When officers arrived, they found the driver’s body inside the car, police said.
The incident started about 11:55 p.m. when the 22-year-old victim turned south on Columbia Drive from Memorial Drive and cut off the shooter, Robertson said.
“The suspect vehicle pulled alongside the victim’s car and began shooting,” he said. “The victim died instantly. His car left the road, then crashed into a house.”
Margaret Towe, who owns the home, was awakened by her partner’s screams after the car hit the garage and went through the back of the residence.
“My first reaction was to call the cops and try to get the people out,” Towe said. “We got everyone out except the driver.”
Towe said the passengers, a 20-year-old woman and a 39-yearold woman, were panicking, trying to get their friend out.
The situation was “extremely scary” because she was about 10 feet from the car and the living room smelled like gas, Towe said.
Structural damage trapped the car in the home.
“It was really hard to tear people out of there without the assistance of the firefighters,” Towe said.
The shooter was driving a dark-colored SUV, described as a Mercury Mountaineer, police said.
No other injuries were reported.