‘Please don’t kill me’: Security guard shot in Atlanta apartment complex
Atlanta GA Aug 23 2022 A security guard shot last week at a northwest Atlanta apartment complex begged his shooter to not kill him, a police report released Tuesday states.
When officers arrived at the scene Thursday at about 2:30 p.m., a man holding a gun was standing over the victim near the entrance of Columbia Grove apartments along Johnson Road, according to a report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The alleged gunman, identified as Lee Anthony Forehand, began backing up after officers drew their weapons, and the victim was able to limp away from Forehand, police said.
The victim, who witnesses told officers was a security guard at the apartment complex, was shot in the thigh. Police applied a tourniquet just above the wound and the man was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. His condition was not released.
Forehand was arrested at the scene after attempting to hide behind a vehicle nearby, the report states. A gun was found on his waistband, along with 144 grams of suspected marijuana and several empty plastic bags inside his book bag, police said.
A witness told responding officers that she heard three gunshots and saw Forehand speaking to the victim. According to the report, the witness then saw the victim put his hands up and begin to walk away from the gunman before falling to the ground.
