18-year-old shot, run over by car in Cobb County neighborhood, police say
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - An 18-year-old was shot and run over in a quiet neighborhood in Mableton. It happened outside a home on St. Martin Lane just before noon Monday.
Neighbors said a man who was staying at the home came out to talk to someone in a car parked in the cul-de-sac. They said he even sat in the car a few minutes but as soon as he got out of the vehicle they heard gunfire.
Police investigate a deadly shooting on March 7, 2022, on St. Martin's Drive in Cobb County. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
"He gets out of the car and goes to the front and talks maybe 30 seconds, then ‘boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!’" said Laurie Hyde.
Laurie and Greg Hyde say they heard eight to 12 shots, the man was hit, but was still standing.
"He hobbled around in front of the car, the car took off and ran over him, didn't just hit him," said Greg Hyde.
Police investigate after a man was shot and run over in a Cobb County neighborhood on March 7, 2022. (FOX 5)
Witnesses said the man stumbled to the house, made it to the steps and collapsed.
"Pretty soon four, five, six guys come out of the house saying call the police and I'm calling 911," said Greg Hyde.
"There was a male victim the roadway he had been shot and actually struck by a vehicle," confirmed Cobb County Police Sgt. Wayne Delk.
Police investigate after a man was shot and run over in a Cobb County neighborhood on March 7, 2022. (FOX 5)
Cobb County police said the man was conscious when he was rushed to the hospital. He has been identified as 18-year-old Ricardo Ward of Hampton, Georgia.
Investigators spent most of the day collecting evidence and talking to witnesses. Several people who were in the house at the time were taken down to the station to talk to police.
Around seven hours later, three police cars came back to the neighborhood and dropped off several young men who went back into the house.
"My understanding is he was staying at the house, whether he lived at the residence, I don't know," said Sgt. Delk.
Police investigate after a man was shot and run over in a Cobb County neighborhood on March 7, 2022. (FOX 5)
Neighbors said they believe part of the home on St. Martin Lane in Mableton was used as a recording studio. They say lately they've seen a lot of people in and out, especially at night.
"It's a revolving door it's like a hotel, they come and they go," said Laurie Hyde.
"It's a residential neighborhood and we're all good friends here, so it's obviously very disturbing," said Greg Hyde.
Police have not yet made any arrests.
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Officials say the suspect's vehicle is believed to be a silver or champagne-colored 2000's model Toyota sedan.