Off duty Atlanta security guard killed during auto burglaries
Atlanta GA August 28 2023 The hunt is on for a pair of car burglars who Atlanta Police say targeted vehicles inside a Midtown Atlanta parking garage early Monday morning. Investigators say the car break-ins are the least of the suspects’ worries because they are now wanted for killing an off-duty security guard.
The family of the security guard, who police say was an innocent bystander, was identified him as 33-year-old Shadarrian Jacobs.
Atlanta police say the shooting happened around 2 a.m. near the intersection of 3rd and Spring streets.
Police say the security guard was shot and killed while trying to stop two would-be car burglars at a Midtown parking garage early Monday morning.
FOX 5 cameras saw homicide investigators placing multiple evidence markets in the roadway in front of a parking garage early Monday morning.
Investigators say the security guard had tried to stop two people attempting to break into vehicles inside the garage.
Then gunfire erupted after someone confronted car burglars. Shadarrian was not involved and a stray bullet hit him in the neck while he ate.
“It is really just tragic what happened.
