Police ID victim of deadly shooting in middle of busy intersection

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The name of the man gunned down in the middle of a busy DeKalb County intersection Wednesday afternoon.

Police said 29-year-old Michael Brooks was in the parking lot of the ATL Wings restaurant located near the corner of Glenwood Avenue near Candler Road around noon when a man in a black pickup truck pulled up, got out and started firing.

Police identified 42-year-old Rico King as the gunman. Witnesses said he calmly returned to his truck and took off down Glenwood Avenue. A witness saw what happened and followed the King until police could stop him.

Police arrested King shortly after that and charged him with murder.

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