Pizza delivery driver robbed, shot by group of teens, police say

SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A pizza delivery driver said three teenagers robbed and nearly killed him while he was trying to do his job.

Police said it started when a 16-year-old called Marco’s Pizza in College Park for a delivery to an abandoned home along Smoke Ridge Drive.

King Melton, 20, showed up to deliver the pizza and said he was attacked by a group of teens.

“I turn around and boom, ‘Drop it.’ (I said), ‘It’s just pizza. Just take it.’ As he’s standing there holding me up he’s like telling me to empty your pockets,” he said.

Melton said he tried to fight off the robbers as they attempted to take his car. He was shot three times.

“I honestly feel like I shouldn’t be here sometimes because of how I got shot and where I got shot,” he said. “I feel like I’m here because of God.”

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Police said he was set up by a group of teens. They said 16-year-old Tyyneefah Wells called the pizza shop for the delivery. Police said Dequandre Weaver, 14, is the one who opened fire while 13-year-old Anthony Cleveland stood by watching.

“It’s quite troubling that these juveniles are carrying handguns out here shooting and carjacking people,” Fulton County Police Det. Jubal Rogers said.

Police said they tracked down the trio after they carjacked a female pizza delivery driver the next day.

Police said they are trying to figure out if a fourth teen is connected to the crimes and they are still looking for the gun used in the shooting.

The teens, who told police they have gang ties, are being held at the Regional Youth Detention Center and are being charged as adults with aggravated assault with the intent to murder and armed robbery.

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