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2024-04-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Georgia police say man shot and killed armed thug trying to rob him in parking garage: Calls police 'I just had to shoot somebody'
Last words uttered by Atlanta armed robber:
[BLAZE] "His car was parked next to mine. He got out of the car, said, ’Hey bro! Don’t move!’ [and] pointed a gun at me. I pulled my gun, and I shot," he added.

A Georgia man told police that he thwarted an attempted armed robbery after pulling his own gun and shooting the thug who allegedly threatened him.

Hapeville police released a panicked 911 call from the victim after the shooting at the Atlantic Aerotropolis on S. Fulton Ave. on April 15 at about 9:30 a.m.

“Hey, I just had to shoot somebody in the top floor of the parking deck,” said the man on the emergency call obtained by WSB-TV.

The man said he was walking from the apartments to his car when he was confronted by the armed man.

“His car was parked next to mine. He got out of the car, said, ‘Hey bro! Don’t move!’ [and] pointed a gun at me. I pulled my gun, and I shot,” he added.

After he shot him, he noticed there was another man in the passenger seat of the suspect's car. The victim ran into his apartment and called police to tell them about the incident.

While he was worried that the second man might follow him into the apartment, police say the second suspect ran away from the scene.

Police later identified the suspect as Alton Coleman and arrested him after seeing him allegedly urinating in public at the church.

Coleman was charged with murder and aggravated assault, and records show he has a lengthy criminal history. The man who was shot and killed was identified as 39-year-old Lando Carter.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-27 02:23|| || Front Page|| [272 views ]  Top

#1 Good shot
Posted by Vinegar+Greque3942 2024-04-27 07:14||   2024-04-27 07:14|| Front Page Top

#2 

Having worked the Hapeville, GA. / Atl Airport (Fulton County, GA) area in the past.

YES! It is a common-armed robbery crime scene area. Mainly due to a lot of incoming and leaving airline passengers. Which are usually not thinking of their surroundings.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-04-27 07:20||   2024-04-27 07:20|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll bet the perp won't do THAT again. No recidivism for you! (twisted Seinfeld reference)
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2024-04-27 10:09||   2024-04-27 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Well. Wait and see the rfaces involved. Betting we will see Juvarius' fambly on teevee saying there should not be a def penally for trying to get some coin.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-04-27 10:15||   2024-04-27 10:15|| Front Page Top

#5 One less goblin
Posted by DarthVader 2024-04-27 11:00||   2024-04-27 11:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Witnesses said they saw the man run toward a nearby church. Police later identified the suspect as Alton Coleman and arrested him after seeing him allegedly urinating in public at the church.

Coleman was charged with murder and aggravated assault, and records show he has a lengthy criminal history. The man who was shot and killed was identified as 39-year-old Lando Carter.

WSB was also able to confirm that Carter had been released from prison only a year prior to the robbery and his death. He had served a 15-year sentence for interference with commerce by threats or violence and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.


Career Criminals. One has retired, permanently.
Posted by Frank G 2024-04-27 11:12||   2024-04-27 11:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Probably black-on-black, but this time the good guy won.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-04-27 14:03||   2024-04-27 14:03|| Front Page Top

#8 His girlfriend seems to have a gofundme up
Posted by James  2024-04-27 14:44|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com  2024-04-27 14:44|| Front Page Top

#9 /\ You'll see Zambonis drag racing in HELL before I send a dime to Stockbridge, Ga.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-27 15:32||   2024-04-27 15:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Calculate the cost of prosecution alone for such a Ne'er-do-well and give the shooter a reward for saving the taxpayers money and solving a problem the state previously failed to fix.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-27 15:48||   2024-04-27 15:48|| Front Page Top

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