ATLANTA - Atlanta police are now asking for help in identifying possible suspects in the shooting death of a 33-year-old security guard at a Midtown Atlanta parking garage.
Police released the photos on Tuesday night.
Anyone with information on the case can submit a tip anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477), online www.StopCrimeAtl.org or by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES (274637). Persons do not have to give their name or any identifying information to be eligible for the reward of up to $2,000.
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The Atlanta Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a person of interest in the murder of parking deck security guard this week in Midtown.
Officers were called around 2:05 a.m. on Aug. 28 to 725 Spring Street NW, a parking garage near 3rd Street, where they say a 33-year-old man had been shot in the neck. The man died at the scene.
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Car burglars kill Midtown security guard
FOX 5 heard from the family of a Midtown security guard who was shot and killed on the job. Police say the gunmen responsible were car burglars.
Family members have identified the victim as 33-year-old Shadarrian Jacobs, a security guard at a Midtown parking garage.
Police say someone was trying to stop two people who were attempting to break into vehicles inside the garage. The suspects then took off in a car and began firing. Jacobs was reportedly not involved, but a stray bullet fired by one of the suspects hit him in the neck while he was eating.
On Wednesday night, authorities released photos of a person interest in the case.
Anyone with information on the case can submit a tip anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477), online at www.StopCrimeAtl.org, or by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES (274637).