Atlanta Security Officer Killed In “Targeted Shooting
Atlanta Ga July 12 2018
A security officer was shot and killed at a recording studio and now police are trying to locate the shooter.
Although the initial report did not identify the security officer, family members have now identified the person killed in the parking lot behind LoudHouse Studios as Scott Marthone.
Investigators believe that he was targeted but they’re not ready to say why.
Atlanta police found the 30-year-old man shot around 11 p.m. in the parking lot behind the studios on Liddell Drive. He had multiple gunshot wounds to the head, Lt. Andrea Webster said.
“The victim was targeted and he was apparently the only one there that we have located,” Webster said. “We have not found any witnesses as yet.”
He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he later died.
His brother, Tahlik Woodall, said Marthone was a competitive bodybuilder who worked security for the studio.
“I just feel like they killed him for no reason,” Woodall told Channel 2. “Like how do you kill someone for doing their job? We just miss him.”
Officers impounded a couple of cars believed to be connected to the incident and are hoping surveillance cameras in the area captured the shooter. The studio is located off Manchester Street and Cheshire Bridge Road.
“We’ll be checking the footage from the nearby businesses to see if we can find any other leads based on that footage,” Webster said.
This is the second security officer killed in the metro Atlanta area in the past thirty days and the 68th security officer killed nationwide this year.
