Local Stories for May 2012
Stories for Tuesday, May 29
Police: At least 3 wounded in robbery-turned-shootout
Fulton police believe robbery was the motive behind a triple shooting early Tuesday morning. Police said four people tried to rob two men outside their apartment at the Biscayne Apartments on Old National Highway in College Park, but the robbery quickly turned into a shootout. Evelyn Harris said she was ...
Teen struck by car, critically injured in Cobb Co.
A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after she and a friend were hit by a car while darting across traffic in Cobb County Monday night. Police said the girl and he 19-year-old friend were in the cross walk, but crossing against the traffic light at the intersection of Johnson ...
$3,000 raised at Aimee Copeland fundraiser
A Memorial Day fundraiser for the Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating disease raised $3,000. For three hours, the Chick Fil A on Highway 78 in Snellville accepted donations and donated 10 percent of the restaurant's proceeds to a fund for Aimee Copeland. Deanna Dodd Prosser was Copeland's art teacher in ...
Stories for Monday, May 28
Veterans honored at area Memorial Day events
Cities throughout metro Atlanta held events on Monday to honor America’s soldiers. Roswell City Hall hosted one of the area’s largest annual ceremonies, which began Monday morning. The ceremony began with the presentation of colors and the national anthem. Then, Rep. Tom Price led the crowd in the pledge of ...
Residential street blocked weekly by restaurant party-goers
Neighbors say parties at a local business are causing major traffic and safety concerns. People living along Amsterdam Avenue said crowds from Sunday parties at Loca Luna restaurant make it hard to get out of their homes and cause disturbances in the community. Neighbor Abby Martin told Channel 2's Amy ...
Wounded Gainesville soldier honored at Memorial Day parade
As the nation reflects on service members who died serving our country, a special honor was held Monday morning for a Georgia Marine who had a brush with death in Afghanistan. Nineteen-year-old Sean Adams said he has always wanted to be a Marine. Adams had only been in Afghanistan for ...
Clues sought in fatal Lithonia gas station shooting
DeKalb County investigators hope surveillance footage from a gas station will lead them to the person who shot and killed a man early Monday morning. A witness said he heard at least eight shots before a man was found lying dead in the parking lot of the Chevron station on ...
Stories for Sunday, May 27
Deck collapse sends 7 to hospital
Several people were injured Sunday when a deck collapsed as people were taking part in a Memorial Day weekend party. Witnesses said nearly a dozen people were eating and playing cards when the deck folded. "I just looked and I knew that all hell had broke loose," said renter Dehavilland ...
Benefit held for Aimee Copeland
Three bands played Saturday night as part of a benefit to raise money for Aimee Copeland, a college student fighting a flesh-eating bacteria. The event was at Moon Shadow Music Hall in Carroll County, where Copeland was a graduate student at the University of West Georgia. Loved ones said Copeland ...
Suicide call leads to pot bust
A call about a possible suicide attempt Sunday lead Doraville police to a marijuana grow house that contained more than 400 plants worth about $2.5 million. A man called police around 6 a.m. Sunday and said that he was concerned his girlfriend might attempt suicide, according to police. The caller gave the address ...
Beryl moves away from Ga. coast leaving little damage
Beryl has moved on from the Georgia coast, but the storm's winds continue to wreak havoc on holiday plans. The winds have slowly begun dying down on the Barrier Islands. But authorities are still warning everyone to stay out of the water. Channel 2's Tony Thomas found most people have ...
Dryer fire forces 9 people out of home
The Red Cross is helping nine people, including several children, forced out of a fire-damaged home in DeKalb County. Channel 2's Amanda Cook reported from the scene of the Teal Cove residence, just off Pleasant Hill Road in Lithonia, where occupants tried to salvage their belongings after an electrical ...
Stories for Saturday, May 26
East Paulding High senior joins graduation despite risky prank
An East Paulding High School senior says walking with his class was a "really great moment" after a prank almost cost him his graduation. Jake Zimmerman, 17, took part in a senior prank where he painted a skull and a crossbones on the school's driveway. But he said he knew ...
Rain possible for holiday weekend
The Georgia coast is under a tropical storm warning this Memorial Day weekend, as a cluster of thunderstorms that forecasters expect will become Tropical Storm Beryl strengthens in the Atlantic. Beryl could dump heavy rain in the coastal counties of Georgia, and will bring a chance of rain to metro ...
Church thief caught red-handed
A watchful neighbor tipped off cops while a thief tried to break into a church in southeast Atlanta. Police said the break-in happened Saturday, just before 1 a.m. at the Bible Christian Ministry Church at Ormewood Terrace. When police arrived at the church, they found 29-year-old Akio Stephens in the ...
Motorcyclist among 3 fatalities over holiday weekend
A motorcyclist killed early Saturday was among the three fatalities reported across Georgia during the early part of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Cobb County police said the motorcyclist, whose name has not been released, died in a crash around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at Dodgen ...
Veterans, families remember the cost of freedom
Hundreds of military service members honored the lives of women and men killed in the line of duty. Patriots of all ages endured the hot sun to gather at the Georgia National Cemetery in Cherokee County, to remember those who gave their lives for America's freedom. The day's tribute kicks ...
Man swindled out of hundreds in car scam
A man says giving his money to a woman claiming to be a hospital employee for an online car deal turned out to be a fraud. "It was a mistake. You learn from your mistake," said the man, who wants his identity withheld after a woman posing as a midtown ...
Stories for Friday, May 25
Several people treated for heat exhaustion at high school graduation
Emergency crews treated several people, including a 9-year-old, for heat exhaustion at the McEachern High School gradution ceremony Friday morning. The Cobb County School Department said four or five people were treated at the school's stadium for heat-related issues. One person was taken to the hospital for a non-heat-related issue. ...
Missing Alzheimer's patient pulled from Chattahoochee River bank, dies
An Alzheimer's patient who walked away from his home Thursday afternoon was rescued from the Chattahoochee River Friday morning, but later died at the hospital. The Georgia State Patrol helicopter spotted Richard Chang Lin, who was missing, and directed National Parks Services rescuers to his location. Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh ...
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