ATLANTA – One man is dead and another in the hospital following an argument at an Atlanta gas station.
Atlanta Police were called to the Quick Mart in the 3200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive near I-285 around 11:30 p.m. Monday.
Police Captain LeAnne Browning said the preliminary investigation showed the shooting stemmed from an argument between two men. After shots were fired between to the two, one fled the scene and later crashed on the ramp to I-285 nearby.
Police said the driver crashed into an SUV traveling on the ramp and died from injuries sustained in the shooting. The driver of the SUV did not complain of any injuries from the crash.
The other man was found in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition. A witness told 11Alive she was getting out of her car at the Quick Mart when she heard the argument followed by around eight gunshots.
“It sounded like loud firecrackers in my ear,” she said.
The witness said everything happened within two minutes.
“I’ve never seen that much blood in my life,” she said.
Police said they do not have any suspects at the moment as they continue to investigate.
