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Armed People Take Over Area Where Rayshard Brooks Was Killed, Report Says

Hank Berrien
Armed People Take Over Area Where Rayshard Brooks Was Killed, Report Says
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A group of people, some of them allegedly armed, have reportedly taken over the Wendy’s parking lot in Atlanta where Rayshard Brooks was shot, making it difficult for residents in the area to reach their homes.

Kimberlee Jones, president of the South Atlanta Civic League, whose residence is roughly a mile away from the Wendy’s, told 11 Alive, “My husband literally just missed getting caught in the crossfire when he was on his way home, And people have been shot and have been hurt.”

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