DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County police are investigating a confrontation that ended in a deadly shooting at a Chevron gas station.
The shooting happened at the Chevron off Candler Road and Misty Waters Drive just after 2 a.m.
Police on the scene told Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach that the victim was killed trying to intervene in a couple’s argument.
Police said the victim saw a man and woman arguing at a car parked at gas pumps. The victim possibly saw the man hitting the woman.
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Investigators said the man went to help but the other man shot him. The victim died at the scene.
The couple drove away in a white car.
Investigators gathered surveillance footage from a camera that covers the gas pump and an area of the parking lot, but they have not released any images or a good description of the suspect or the vehicle the couple may be driving.
The victim has not been identified.
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