ATLANTA — The girlfriend of a man shot and killed by his father has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an Atlanta police investigation.
A spokesperson for the Fulton County Marshal’s Department confirmed to Channel 2’s Michael Seiden that she will remain on leave until the investigation is completed.
Channel 2 is not identifying her because she hasn’t been charged with a crime.
On Friday, Channel 2 learned that before the deadly shooting, the victim, Durante Schofield, 32, crashed his SUV into the side of a building.
Schofield called his girlfriend for help, investigators confirmed. The girlfriend told police she made an anonymous tip about the crash and then drove her boyfriend back to their apartment at 55 Pharr.
Channel 2 reached out to APD, and a spokesperson confirmed they did not received any reports of a crash on the night of the accident.
On Friday, a judge denied bond for Schofield’s father, 54-year-old Durante Rowe-Tolliver.
Investigators say he drove to the apartment in Buckhead after learning his son had been in a crash.
Once inside, he and his son began fighting, but when officers arrived, they say they appeared calm and walked out together. Once they got to the parking lot, the argument started again, police said.
Investigators say the father told police he believed his son reached toward his waistband as if he had a gun, so he fired at least 12 shots.
Police say they searched Schofield’s body, but he did not have a gun.
Officers also noticed damage in the apartment. The girlfriend told officers that her boyfriend had become belligerent and damaged her apartment after she asked him to leave and give back his key, according to investigators.
She added that he never got physical with her.
In an exclusive interview, Seiden spoke with Schofield’s sister.
“I wouldn’t have ever imagined, not in a hundred years would I have thought this was the phone call i was getting,” said Dee Clyburn in a phone interview. “That’s my big brother. I will never get to call him again.”
Clyburn says her brother was one of 12 children. She said although he was a convicted felon, he had straightened his life out and had a found a way to overcome adversity and focus on his family and friends.
“He was the proud father of two kids,” she said.
Clyburn added that her brother was also an entrepreneur who worked as an independent contractor in metro Atlanta . She said she will remember him as a family man who loved being a father, brother and creative spirit.
“He cared genuinely and deeply about people,” she added. “He was a passionate person.”
The family has started a GoFundMe to raise money for Schofield’s memorial services.
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