Four people, including gunman, shot at food court in Atlanta

A convicted felon sparked chaos in an Atlanta food court when a dispute with another man escalated into violence. The suspect shot the man and two elderly women, aged 69 and 70. He was then shot and apprehended by an off-duty Atlanta officer who was working as security.
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#Atlanta #Shooting #Crime

[@scorpionl6335]

The suspects have being aprehended 12 times. Shame in the legal system which allow this crook and criminals in the street to hurt decent people…

[@arturozavala8677]

Yet they want to defund the police🤡

[@privatecitizenguy2640]

Criminal tRump is freely roaming the streets. (?)

[@josephwilson3077]

Too busy indicting Trump....

[@oshaghennessy6633]

Learn to speak proper English or shut up

[@ProJoe-xb5ie]

Typical liberal City

[@davidgriffin4401]

Why wasn’t this person in jail? That’s crazy

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Because the Joe Biden crime family has a national mandate and all his blue state for all his judges to keep his eligible voters eligible at all costs

[@MarryBauer]

Demonrats protecting them,,still desperate for that communities votes

[@Joel-f1s2x]

Because of racial justice blacks are a protected class and their not being held accountable

[@ProJoe-xb5ie]

Because criminals are protected and valued class in the liberal cities

[@PraveenSrJ01]

Because of Trump in my opinion

[@twinb0838]

wondering why they wont show the suspect

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Because the Joe Biden crime family has a national mine date with all the newspapers and media all other colors will apply to have their faces shown if you know what I mean

[@sdpikapp]

⚫️

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Atalnta???? Guess??????

[@annamarie2754]

I'm sure it was an Amish Presbyterian

[@shoeshoe5253]

Hmmmmm no pic?

[@robhicks2117]

If the shooter was still in prison where he belongs, this would not have happened.

[@liberty-matrix]

"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." ~Adam Smith

[@Momusinterra]

Food court, gun range or crime scene? Yes It's Atlanta,

[@Hellinahandbaskit]

Yeah, if it was chiraq there'd have been 90 rounds fired and no injured......

[@mgardner70]

Another day in a Red State.

[@bradhuffjr777]

​@@mgardner70 Another day in a blue city.

[@Abacab965]

​@@mgardner70the usual events in a blue city , committed by the usual suspect

[@vikvargas2118]

Suspect lived? That’s not good news

[@xwrtk]

Yes but allegedly in critical condition at the hospital.

[@sondralee232]

He's whyte

[@NeighborTom]

I live in a red county. This doesn’t happen.

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

Was NOT allowed to own a firearm YET HAD A FIREARM 🤔 Amazing how criminals always find a way to get a gun yet the law abiding citizen has to go thru HOOPS to get a legal gun WOW

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Law abiding go to gun shows, not gun houses.

[@suemullins5213]

Atlanta.. 🤮

[@alinatarasyukrussianrefuge6549]

full of bIks

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

It’s a microcosm of that foolish and silly and ridiculous Fulton county board of commissioners or lack there of shower we say

[@mercedsoriano3712]

❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢

[@OG-BIG-SHEPHERD.]

"Blacklanta"

[@revolutionhamburger]

How fast can the Democrat DA get these shooters back on the street? The race is on.

[@88_TROUBLE_88]

Im sure they were OR'd before you even typed the question and we just havent heard about it yet

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Got that gun agenda in. However we are more concerned the judge let him go 12 times so he had plenty of time to secure an illegal gun illegally.

[@robhicks2117]

No matter where you go, there they are.

[@sdpikapp]

The usual suspects

[@bowez9]

Amazing a criminal had a illegal gun. If that was illegal that wouldn't happen.

[@themessengerkenswift707]

Ppl with legal firearms still commit mass shootings...

[@MarryBauer]

The usual suspect every single day, same in every state in this country.

[@godisgood6834]

I just want to said u Racist,,😅

[@funnyharleyman]

And many countries elsewhere…

[@alinatarasyukrussianrefuge6549]

​@@funnyharleyman they're the same everywhere, for sure. lol

[@MarryBauer]

@@funnyharleyman but but but it's waycest,to speak the facts and truth about it 🤔

[@MarryBauer]

@@godisgood6834 Acknowledging patterns and Absolute facts, isn't racist.

[@samallardyce2522]

suspect description?

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Illegal.

[@KARLMARX56]

Dilbert warned you

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Ninjas?

[@KARLMARX56]

@@davidOConnor-z3l Coffee machine

[@ciaronsmith4995]

That's a terrible show.

[@annamarie2754]

Modern day prophet or sage

[@BLUELEADER78]

​@ciaronsmith4995 it's a comic strip, too.

[@larryp5024]

Biden's America 😢

[@Domingo95x]

He was just pointing his gun trying to give the other guy directions to the college library, he was working on his PHD, it was an accident, they were both young men on their way to success in this country.

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Grandmothers have already testified they were good boys in school they were aspiring rappers who were planning on enrolling into junior college this fall

[@hamzamahmood9565]

YOOOO STOP 😂😂😂

[@tracycase4520]

We can no longer live together. We know it. They know it.

[@berteisenbraun7415]

They also had a Bus Hijacked, 1 dead there also.

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

It’s like Fanni Willis will have to hire some more boy toys to get these cases pedal through their fake system

[@BLUELEADER78]

​@user-lp1jw9bo5y can her front hole take the beating required to hire all those boy toys?

[@coreygriffin1643]

Democrats let them all back out.

[@userformerlyknownassquid8639]

100 bucks says i can make a guess about the perpetrator

[@peekaboo6622]

Terrorism. Not "crime".

[@JayAlba8]

JJ and Ray Ray disagreed on whether Popeyes was better than Chick-fil-A or not.

[@willbass2869]

Don't be disrespectin' Da Colonel by leavin' him out

[@92Blackjeep]

@@willbass2869 KFC SUCKS

[@willbass2869]

@@92Blackjeep BANG💥BANG 💥 BANG💥 Close yo mouth....😆

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

​@willbass2869 m White folks love chicken too. Especially " southern fried."

[@Abacab965]

​@@JaquelineGoodspeedWell that's certainly true , can't argue about that one ! 😉

[@theresister5120]

WTH? A guy has TWELVE convictions and is running amok on our streets? WTH is wrong with society? The guy belonged in prison.

[@sharpe67]

Dats wut we does

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

It’s very hard for these young men to prove they are hard-core gangster rappers if they just play video games all day

[@toddmsmith26]

Another habitual criminal was allowed to be on the streets due to the lack of accountability of a democrat judge, in a democrat city. Its par for the course at this point.

[@oshaghennessy6633]

I bet his name is DeShaun or Jequarius…just a guess

[@JS-fl2qm]

No I think its Jared or Donald will have to fact check

[@johnnycole7990]

Seems like Atlanta in a race with every other major Democratic ran City to see who can go down the crapper further

[@ProJoe-xb5ie]

What were they fighting over a chicken wing 🍗😅

[@bd4246]

Gang activities.

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

GAM….. gang activities matter!

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

Doctors at it again

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Ninjas basket ball playaz

[@iamdamore]

Too many ninjas in ATL for me

[@BLUELEADER78]

They're spreading.

[@RagnarRobledo]

Atlanta , fast food court , shooting ! Say no more Pat I can solve this puzzle , black folks acting up again over a missing package of ketchup or cold fries 🍟

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Youre such a bot. How Much they pay you or do you volunteer for free being a upright racist. Lol.

[@OG-BIG-SHEPHERD.]

Bot

[@fat.lesbians]

pat id like a letter 'N' please

[@yuppy1967]

He was just jogging through the food court.

[@marlineflores4839]

What group of people are always committing crimes? From East coast to the West coast !!!

[@buggernaut8316]

Whites

[@PraveenSrJ01]

Caucasian men

[@MarryBauer]

@@buggernaut8316 🤔 Naaaa,not Wyte every state in this country sees out in the streets every single day shooting carjacking smashing businesses until they're forced to close

[@MarryBauer]

@@PraveenSrJ01 wrong answer 👎

[@buggernaut8316]

@user-dr3dk1hd5o says who? Ukraine and Russia is white on white crime

[@hughjanus5518]

Get TF out of the cities.

[@fat.lesbians]

nah they need to stay there

[@rameseslee6326]

They too worried about youngthug, I thought fani said crime was down

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Because they fudge & fix the books,,,Police department will make it help for you to file a report they will tell you they will file a report or they simply will tell you it’s not a reportable offense it is to return it and turn it down cases people walk free so that they can claim statistics have them lowering crime meaning they’re not completely nobody so there’s no one being criminals

[@dgyoutube2405]

Amazing 13% of the population all live in Atlanta

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Not the way Hollywood portrays them in our television commercials is it?

[@Timberwolves666]

​@@davidOConnor-z3l I think the % is more than 13 tbh with you. It's more like 40% nationwide maybe more

[@seph4667]

Don't name judges. Don't name prosecutors.

[@erics5810]

Imagine at the age of 70 is when you get your first bullet .

[@McGheeBentle]

I’m sure he was a lawyer who was also a doctor who was in the food court just to refuel and get back to working on his thesis for his second PhD. I’m certain of it.

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Doctors are sooooo freaking corrupt. They'll rip you off at every turn. Yes go be a crooked doctor. We need more. Or is the white collar corruption for melanin deficient folks? I'd like to write my dissertation on the subject and you seem well educated.

[@Space_Cakes94]

Should ask the DA in Atlanta why this person was out.

[@Kwameking1]

Ok Guys keep it up.This ignorance is unsustainable.

[@Joel-f1s2x]

What do these people exspect what saine person would stop at a food court in atlanta

[@scott-vo4dy]

Juddt like NYC, you get exactly what you voted for. Enjoy.

[@raymondpalacios3032]

The cop was working a 2nd job as a security guard. Inflation!

[@305jarhead8]

It's Not inflation A lot of LEO's work off duty's. Also doesn't help Atlanta PD isn't the highest paying police department.

[@raymondpalacios3032]

@305jarhead8 I heard that. My point was it seems the middle class is having to work extra jobs just to stay afloat. Atlanta has a high cost of living.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

It is very sad 😔

[@empirefilmcompany3100]

BLK

[@robhicks2117]

They tell us the shooters age and criminal history but they won't tell us his name. And of course they know his name since they know his age and criminal history.

[@blacksmokematters4521]

Dag du they fighting over nikes agains

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Class action lawsuit against Nike for being too high and causing this Mayham at the inner city

[@k.hinnant4378]

But this is a safe city??? Mayor you still believe that?

[@Hellinahandbaskit]

The gunman was the conductor on a fanni train, thus, he was released to commit more crime.

[@bradfordjhart]

I hope this is not another Chipotle guacamole incident.

[@willbass2869]

Naw....Popeyes.....they shorted him on a bisquit

[@jorge5275]

😂😂😂😂👍​@@willbass2869

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

Black?

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

From Fanny Willis to the broken water pipes that city is a disaster can we trade in that outdated farm equipment please

[@yuppy1967]

Go figure, Atlanta is the new Getho, wonder why???

[@robertpesa4157]

Oh? Had a good guy with a gun not been there it would have been worse? No kidding

[@thomasc9036]

My first thought was "it must be them, Asians". :-)

[@UntilNextime]

Good Police work fails at the hands of this networks political office. Life will be better and safer as you remember it with current admin outta the way.

[@JS-fl2qm]

Thats it, the GOP has demanded that Georgia figure out if the election was rigged, everything else takes a back seat.

[@michaelsiengo1]

Thank you Officers 👮‍♀️

[@魂忍者]

Agents Of Chaos… tsk tsk tsk

[@mrhappy4521]

I wonder how long this shooter was gang stalked?

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Police will have a video where he parked which door he came in which doors he went into which floors he went into which elevators he was into they have video everywhere whether you like it or not or no or not and if you don’t like it you better be a ghost with no cell phone in your pocket

[@thomasschoenstein1589]

Look at you all go with this.

[@stacygrieshaber4687]

Holler defund the police right?? Pft. Good people with weapons will help in the end. Not the weapon…

[@bemabulldog3790]

I'd blame FBI but not many people hurt

[@DesertDweller1776]

Thats weird, I've heard this before

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Atlanta is New orleans twin Brother. Avoid both

[@darrellsadler2848]

First an out-of-control Metro bus on I-85 in Gwinnet County, GA now this?

[@gmoney4577]

Frumpy Fannie will let them go again

[@davedavid8135]

Terrible 😢😢😢

[@ciaronsmith4995]

I'd rather live in Iran than in the United States at this point. I was amazed at how safe Iran and Croatia were when I visited both last month for medical conferences. I'm not a "bot". Sick of this gun nightmare. As an American, I don't feel safe in public areas anymore!

[@davehouk5990]

no such thing as a gun nightmare 🤣

[@305jarhead8]

No S#it .. Iran 🇮🇷 secret police will kidnap you and you won't be heard from again Did you miss the Protest in Iran when the religious police murdered that teenage girl. ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM IN AMERICA 🇺🇸 Not Perfect but your FREE of Oppression.

[@305jarhead8]

Read the 10 Commandments ✝️ Crime and Murder have been around since man walked the earth. Croatia 🇭🇷 Go look at what Happen during the Croat-Bosniak War and the ethnic cleansing of men,women,and children. You talk about Nightmares and yes they crime and murder on the streets of Croatia. You were probably in the nice side of town.

[@philipbell5448]

They dont have any democrats

[@hatimnaji9589]

Aaaah America's Favorite pass time

[@MarekKolenda-cr8vr]

Undercover police patrol in public places problem ends

[@danielm8950]

How do they expect them to survive if they're all in critical condition?

[@mdp8582]

Borrow a leaf from Bukele,El Salvador on how to make the streets safe.

[@wintensity]

Get out of the cities, it’s about to get absolutely wild by the time the years over 😅

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Ban Guns

[@Kate-zw8vj]

Atalnta is a toilet second only to Yemen and Camden!!! 🤣

[@startingQB]

She really has RBF

[@belladeann8398]

WHAT ‼️ THANK GOD, 🙏 YOU DON'T PAY YOUR POLICE 🚓🚨 OFFICER'S, ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON. SO THEY TOO, NEED PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT ALSO 🤔 11 JUNE 2024 TUE 🥸

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

13% of population 50%+ of the problems.

[@PeoplethatIusedtoknow]

They have retried, or just murdered inmates in prisons here. They let some go to use for crimes. They stage crimes even with young participants. What you have done has hurt people everywhere.

[@solkalibri1376]

A typical day in the land of milk and honey?

[@donaldteal6315]

All the best too you in your recovery ✝️ God bless you all your days ✝️🕊️🇺🇸

[@robertlivenmore1786]

"Keep voting blue no matter who." Statement of the least informed and least intelligent voter.

[@garygood6804]

So cop shot 4 people...ffs

[@kendiddy1]

Was it a trump

[@ContentRemoved___]

Shall not be infringed.

[@104thebigguy6]

Could have been my son. Obummer.......

[@cbrpnk_z2238]

Wow!

[@rottenparts]

For da kultcha

[@bosscedrick1984]

Thanks democrats

[@funnydeveloperdude]

Republicians gave him the gun by the way

[@AnthonyD-yy2in]

I live in Seattle and I just walked past a guy (who lives in my apartment building) openly carrying a hand gun... 🙄🙄🙄 This is America fellas!

[@TallulahSoie]

Yeah, and? Nothing happened, correct? That's what happens with people who aren't criminals. Nothing.

[@Shrimp_Insurance]

So?

[@Richard_K1630]

Did he have is dik out?

[@kathymc234]

​@@Shrimp_Insurancehe was skeerd.

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

At night time downtown Seattle by the waterfront is one of the most dangerous environments in the western hemisphere

[@jimdellavecchia4594]

Dat be every day in da A-T-L

[@jerrypolverino6025]

Guns!

[@TallulahSoie]

This is proof good guys with a gun stops and dissuades crime. The good guy just happened to be an off duty cop. Also proves that police work at the same time. Stop defunding them and lowering standards.

[@secnbc]

Another usual suspect!

[@keithbellair9508]

TNB