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Police arrested 19-year-old Jontavious Clark in a months‑long probe into a Nov. 25, 2025 Oliver Street shooting that left a man dead.
A Tuesday night fire gutted a commercial chicken house near Lula, killing 22,000 birds and destroying the building; no people were hurt and officials are investigating.
East Point police say a murder arrest turned up a large drug-and-weapons cache — about 17 pounds of marijuana, thousands of grams of promethazine syrup and a Draco pistol.
An abandoned day-care building in Clarkston caught fire after nearby grass fires spread to the property, and nearby apartments were reportedly unharmed.
A Powder Springs man was sentenced to life after jurors convicted him in the killing of a man who had arrived for his first court-approved visit with his son.
A single-vehicle crash in a Johns Creek parking lot at 12000 Findley Road left one person dead; police are investigating and have asked drivers to avoid the area.
A roadblock and heavy police presence were reported Thursday at Covington Highway and Miller Road near Miller Grove Middle School in DeKalb County.
A candlelight vigil at the Southwest Arts Center marked one year since Capt. Helio Garcia was killed in a head‑on crash. Family, officers and neighbors gathered to remember his service.
A woman was found dead along MARTA tracks in Southwest Atlanta; surveillance shows she entered the tracks after midnight and MARTA is investigating.
U.S. Marshals and DeKalb police arrested Leonard Campbell in a raid that recovered guns, 5.6 pounds of suspected marijuana and suspected fentanyl. Officials said the arrest was part of a federal task-force sweep.
A Metro Atlanta buyer says she lost nearly $30,000 after buying a pickup that was later seized as stolen. Gwinnett detectives arrested five men and say the case fits a VIN‑cloning pattern.
A Fulton County judge declared Deion Patterson competent to stand trial in the 2023 Midtown Atlanta medical‑office shooting; the trial is scheduled for June 1, 2026.
A fire broke out at a Cobb County apartment complex on April 16, 2026; early reports were limited as crews worked the scene.
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