Woman fatally shoots her brother at SW Atlanta home, police say
Sister allegedly shoots brother to death
A man in southwest Atlanta was allegedly shot dead by his own sister. Atlanta police are investigating the deadly incident and questioning the suspect.
ATLANTA - A man is dead, and a woman has been detained for questioning in connection with a shooting that unfolded at a Southwest Atlanta home on Sunday.
Atlanta police say the victim in that deadly shooting was her brother.
What we know:
Atlanta police responded to the shooting just before at 110 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard SW Sunday afternoon.
Within hours, the street was partially blocked off and yellow tape covered the home where police found a man in his mid 40s suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives spent hours at the home gathering evidence while the shooter was taken into custody.
Not only did the victim and suspected shooter know each other, Andrew Smith, the commander of the Atlanta Police Department's Homicide Unit, says they were siblings.
What they're saying:
Anthony Watson told FOX 5 he lives nearby and was walking to the grocery store when he noticed the commotion.
"I was curious what happened because around two years ago on this exact same street where we're standing, there was a murder," he recalled.
He said that murder and a string of other deadly shootings in the area prompted him to move out of the house that sits next door to the crime scene.
Police are investigating a deadly shooting at 110 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard.
"There was a shooting at the Chick-fil-A, there was a shooting at the Walmart, there was a shooting at the barbershop across the street," he said.
Watson told FOX 5 there’s already a heavy police presence in southwest Atlanta, but he believes more surveillance cameras and quicker EMS response times are needed to save lives.
"There’s been multiple people shot here who’ve died at the scene or died on their way to the hospital," he stated. "All you see is constant police presence and gun violence."
It’s violence he says he hopes will bring the community together to look for real solutions.
What we don't know:
It's still not clear what led to the deadly shooting.
Neither the victim nor the suspected shooter have been publicly named. It’s unclear what charges, if any, will be filed in this case.
The Source: This information has been confirmed by Andrew Smith, the commander of the Atlanta Police Department's Homicide Unit.