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17-year-old identified as Uber Eats worker killed in gas station shooting

Uber Eats worker shot, killed inside gas station

ATLANTA — A 17-year-old was shot and killed inside a gas station store on Tuesday morning. Police said the teen was working for Uber Eats.

The latest on the search for the suspect, on Channel 2 Action News This Morning streaming on WSB Now.

Atlanta police responded to a shooting at a BP gas station on Metropolitan Pkwy around 2:30 a.m. When they arrived, officers found a man in his late teens or early 20s who had been shot in the chest.

He died at the scene. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office later identified the victim as 17-year-old Rashawn Mackey.

Homicide Lt. Christapher Butler said the teen appeared to be working for Uber Eats. The suspect got away on foot. Police have not released a description.

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