Six people have died this year at troubled Camelot Condos in South Fulton, police say

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - A man was shot and killed early Wednesday morning at a place considered to be one of the most crime-ridden complexes in South Fulton. It comes just months after his brother was killed at the same location. Police are still looking for the gunman.

Police confirm a total of six homicides happened at the Camelot Condominiums just this year.

"We’ve had some problems in this particular community with gangs in the past," Meadows said. "It’s been kind of a culture in that community for a very long time."

A woman shot and killed a man in self-defense in July. A teenager was gunned down earlier this year. And a man was shot and killed in January. Meadows says his officers have stepped up patrols in that area.

"They make it a point to go out there at least three to four times over a shift," Meadows said. "It’s important for us to make sure we’re identifying the right players, so we’re identifying the right individuals."

Now the victim's mother wants the condos shut down.

"Overall he was a good person. Whatever he did in his life, he didn't deserve this," Germaine Jett, the victim's mother, said.

Germaine Jett is frustrated after losing her son, who police have identified as 39-year-old Wendell Lowe. Jett said his brother was also killed at the same complex back in June.

"Something needs to be done," Jett said.

Police got the call around 6 a.m. Wednesday of a shooting at the Camelot Condominiums on Old National Highway. There they found Lowe shot to death in a car. Police believe the shooter was inside the car as well.

"This is crazy. I think they need to tear these apartments down because we're losing too many of our Black males," she said.

"The killing has got to stop, and we have got to do something about Camelot," South Fulton Mayor Khalid agreed.

Mayor Khalid also wants to see the complex shut down. It's a spot where he used to live after taking office last year.

"We have a responsibility to make sure that our residents are living in safe sanitary housing. This housing is neither safe, nor sanitary," he said.

He notes a challenge is a lack of affordable housing options throughout the city.

"When I lived here my unit was $800. There's not a lot of places in metro Atlanta that you can get a $800 or $900 apartment," Mayor Khalid said.

Jett hopes after her son's death will come change before any more lives are lost.

"I am sick of every time I turn around, somebody has been killed by a gun," Jett said.

"It’s a cancer that lives in Camelot that must be removed," Councilman Corey Reeves who represents District 5 said.

Reeves intends to move into the complex. He says he’s working with police and the HOA to try to make it a safer place to live. 

"We had with the police, cars out here being tagged and towed and impounded. We have a few abandoned units to be dealt with and that’s what we’ll do," reeves said.

Tabitha Rowe, the HOA president, admits there is a gang problem.

"There’s an everything problem here," Rowe said. She blames outsiders. "When you have people who come in and do what they want to how they want to, when they want to of course there’s a problem." 

Chief Meadows says the city making progress with rooting out gangs. 

So far, there’s been no description for the gunman who killed Lowe. 

Police are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest. 

If you have any information you're asked to call South Fulton Police or Crimestoppers.

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