DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — One man is dead and another is in custody after a shooting at a gas station in DeKalb County on Thursday morning.
Officers were called to Covington Hwy. just after 10:15 a.m. where they found a man who had been shot several times.
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He was rushed to the hospital, but later died from his injuries. His identity has not been released.
Police say 20-year-old William Cooper is being charged with malice murder.
Channel 2′s Audrey Washington obtained surveillance video that showed the drivers of a white Volvo and a red sports car stop next to each other.
In the video, it appears that the drivers exchanged words
“They see him in the car and they run up there,” explained one witness who asked not to be identified because of the severity of the crime.
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According to the witness, someone from the red car approached the person in the white Volvo.
Seconds later, the video showed a person in the white Volvo fire twice.
What led up to the deadly shooting is unclear, but the witness said the victim and some other people tried to rob the suspected shooter in the past.
“They robbed him last week and then they see him again today at the store and tried to rob him again. I mean you can’t rob people,” the witness said.
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