ATLANTA — Atlanta police say a man shot and killed last month was committing a crime when shots were fired.
D’Anthony Reaves, 45, was killed near a Greyhound station on Forsyth Street on July 19.
Police now say Reaves was in the middle of committing an armed robbery when he was fatally shot.
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Reaves’ loved ones told Channel 2’s Ashli Lincoln that he was killed by someone getting off the bus.
Family said that Reaves had 12 biological children and eight stepchildren.
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“I could not process what happened. Then they told me he got shot in the face twice, and that made it so much worse,” a family member previously said. “I swear that whole neighborhood could’ve heard me [scream].”
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