A fatal episode of road rage in Northwest Atlanta on Monday evening has claimed the life of a man, the Atlanta Police Department reports. The incident occurred along Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW at Rock Street, drawing law enforcement to a chaotic scene where a vehicle had collided with a vacant house and a male victim was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the back; he was declared deceased where he lie ensnared in the vehicular wreckage, as reported by FOX 5 Atlanta.
Details are sparse but the unfolding narrative, captured by Atlanta police, paints a grim picture of an altercation spun out of control, shots fired around 5:30 p.m. and the culmination of an argument between two drivers leads to this sudden and shattering violence in the Vine City neighborhood, this according to the Atlanta News First.
While officers swiftly responded to the incident witnesses and the remnants of an ordinary Monday afternoon turned tragic beckoned them to the intersection near Rock Street, what transpired before their arrival remains largely unknown; the identity of the man taken by gunshot and the conditions that precipitated this exchange remain undisclosed, as per the ongoing investigation by the Atlanta Police Department's Homicide Unit.
