Crime & Safety
Fatal Shooting Shuts I-20 EB At I-75/85 Connector
Police investigate deadly shooting near the on-ramp to busy intersection in the midst of morning rush-hour traffic.
ATLANTA — Atlanta's I-20 eastbound has reopened at the junction with I-75/I-85 in downtown Atlanta after a police investigation of a deadly early-morning shooting.
The incident was reported around 5:20 this morning when officers were called to the area and discovered a man shot dead inside a wrecked vehicle, Atlanta Police spokesman Officer Steve Avery said.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB Radio report that the back-up, which started just before the height of rush-hour traffic and closed all eastbound lanes on I-20, ended around 8:45 a.m.
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More than 3 hours later, shooting investigation wrapped up, and lanes are finally opening up along I-20/eb over the Downtown Connector. #ATLtraffic https://t.co/wrrqZr858z
— Ashley Frasca (@AshleyFrascaWSB) February 25, 2021
RED ALERT: Deadly shooting shuts down I-20 at Downtown Connector - https://t.co/WiSDQ3r7s2 #Atlanta #Atlanta #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/bKe1KWGjc0
— John Spink (@johnjspink) February 25, 2021
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