Man in custody after mother shot in back near downtown Atlanta
Police are investigating what led up to a car being struck by gunfire in SW Atlanta near Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
ATLANTA - A man is behind bars and a mother shot in the back after a road rage incident near downtown Atlanta.
FOX 5 was first to bring you the details during Good Day Atlanta Tuesday morning.
Investigators say officers were flagged down by a man who stated his wife was shot while traveling northbound on Metropolitan Parkway at University Avenue.
Our crew arrived on the scene to find a frantic husband, a wounded mother and two children under five sitting in a car riddled with bullets.
The father said a man shot up the car following a road rage incident. His wife was shot in the back and rushed to the hospital.
Clerk Jordan Flatt heard the shots and tried to help the family.
"He told me his wife was shot in the back, and I was kinda concerned for him. I was concerned because he had kids and I have kids. I wanted to make sure they were okay," Flatt explained.
Antwan Leeroy Green (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)
Flatt showed us surveillance tape of the aftermath. He says while police were working the scene, the father spotted the car that he says the shots were fired from. Atlanta police peeled out to follow that and ultimately made an arrest.
The senseless violence troubled so many people. The back window glass was shattered from gunfire. The children, who were both under five years old, were seated just inches away.
"Oh my goodness. I couldn't even imagine if I was in that scenario and that was my child.
This area, they put a lot of money and effort into getting it back thriving again, and now it seems like it is going back down," lamented customer Mylik Hamlett, who was at the store with his family.
Atlanta police say because the suspect kept pursuing the driver and drove right past the gas station, police were able to pursue him and make an arrest.
Wednesday, officials identified the suspect as 19-year-old Antwan Leeroy Green. Green is currently in the Fulton County Jail charged with aggravated assault, possession of a dangerous weapon, cruelty to children, and reckless conduct.