Crime & Safety
Report: Man Killed in Front of Family
DeKalb County police say a man was fatally wounded by robbery suspects Monday, AJC.com reports.
A husband and father was fatally shot by robbery suspects Monday afternoon in front of his family in unincorporated Stone Mountain, according to a report on AJC.com.
The victim, 57-year-old Yahya Abajobir, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, where he died, police told the news outlet.
Abajobir had returned home with his wife and children in the Ashbrooke Trace subdivision when they were approached by two suspects, according to the article. One suspect had a gun.
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After a fight, Abajobir was shot, the article states. There is no good description of the suspects. DeKalb police told the AJC that a dark-color SUV was seen leaving the scene.
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