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Gunman shoots, kills man sitting on bench outside downtown MARTA station, police say

Police investigating shooting near GSU Marta (Photo Credit/Jonathan O'Brien) (Jonathan Obrien)
(Jonathan Obrien)

ATLANTA — Police are interviewing a man who they believe killed another man in front of the MARTA station at Georgia State University.

The shooting happened around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday at the station along Piedmont Avenue.

The entrance off Piedmont Avenue remained closed until just before 5 p.m. after the medical examiner took away the body of the man who was killed in the shooting.

Police said the victim was sitting on a bench near the entrance to the station when the suspect shot and killed him.

Georgia State University Police told students in an alert that the suspect is in custody.

Investigators say that they didn’t believe any GSU students were involved. But as far as a motive, they’re still trying to figure that out.

“We have some witnesses. We’ve taken statements of the incident. We’ll have to review video cameras and just determine everything that happened. It’s still really early in the investigation,” said Maj. Matthew Carrier with the MARTA Police Department.

This is the second shooting near or on GSU’s campus in just a matter of days. Four people were shot, including two 18-year-old students, at a RaceTrac near campus early Sunday morning. One of those victims is in critical condition.

Police have not released the identity of the person who was killed or if he was a MARTA passenger.

So far, no one has been charged in the shooting.

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