ATLANTA — Newly obtained surveillance video is providing a clearer picture of the moments before and after gunfire erupted outside the southwest Atlanta home of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s communications director.
The video, obtained by Channel 2’s Michael Seiden, appears to show three people walking toward Robert Sinners’ home just before gunshots ring out. A second surveillance camera captures people running from the area immediately after the shooting.
So far, Atlanta police have announced the arrests of only two suspects.
Police said more than 30 rounds were fired into the home just before 1 a.m. Thursday while Sinners and his fiancée were asleep inside. Despite the barrage of gunfire, neither was injured.
“We’re still confused why 30 shots hit our house last night,” Sinners told Channel 2 Action News on Thursday. “Scariest thing we’ve ever had happen to us.”
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Neighbor Mike Jordan said he was inside rocking his 10-month-old baby to sleep when the gunfire erupted.
“So I gave my wife the baby. Once I gave her the baby, I came outside,” said Jordan.
By the time Jordan reached his front yard, he said he saw two men running through the neighborhood.
“That’s when I seen one of the shooters run from the back over through the grass,” Jordan said. “And it was two of them.”
Jordan said he continued watching the men as officers responded to the area.
Atlanta police said officers located two men matching witness descriptions after a brief foot chase. Investigators arrested 26-year-old Gregory O’Neal Vaughn and 29-year-old Jermaine Darcel Howard. Police said officers also recovered a firearm and multiple rounds of ammunition.
Channel 2 Action News asked Atlanta police whether the third person in the video is considered a suspect.
A police spokesperson declined to answer that question, saying only that the investigation remains active.
Jordan said the shooting has changed the way he views his neighborhood.
“Now I gotta watch everyone who walks down the street at nighttime,” he said.
Atlanta police have not announced a motive in the shooting. Investigators previously said they do not believe the shooting was politically motivated, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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