Urgent search underway for gunman who killed man inside store

ATLANTA — There is an urgent search underway by police after they say a man shot and killed a 23-year-old in a downtown Atlanta store with dozens of people nearby.

A witness told Channel 2’s Nefertiti Jaquez she was standing beside the victim when he was gunned down.

"Next thing I know he came back in and started shooting," Sandra Amey told Jaquez. "It happened so fast."

It all happened on Saturday around 6:30 p.m. inside this Quik Mart along Broad Street.

Police said 16 security cameras were rolling when a man dressed in a white and yellow jumpsuit and green baseball cap threatened the victim, before opening fire.

"First he came in and said some words to the guy, then left out the store," Amey said.

Outside the convenience store, cameras captured the suspect nervously pacing back and forth before he strolled in with his gun drawn.

"When he came into the store he already had the gun out and came directly to that customer and started shooting," Amey said.

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Police say half a dozen people inside of the store when the shooter opened fire, before casually walking out.

The 23-year-old victim fell to the ground. Amey said he was shot three times at close range.

"We are asking those individuals to do the right thing. We are trying to bring closure to this case," said Lt. Charles Hampton with the Atlanta Police Department.

Now police want to talk to the other people who were in or around the store who got a good glimpse of this suspect.

"A person who can kill a person like that doesn't care. So if he did it then, he'll do it again," Amey said.

Anyone with information in this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477.

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