Leafmore Resident Collecting Money for Armored Car Guard's Family

A Leafmore community resident collected and donated more than $2,000 last week to the widow of 32-year-old Gary Castillo, an armored car guard from Lawrenceville who was last month.

Maggie Adams delivered just over $2,000 to Rosa Castillo, Gary's wife. The money was collected primarily from residents in the Leafmore neighborhood over a period of about two weeks.

"I was thrilled that we raised that much in that short period of time in our small, little neighborhood," Adams said.

Rosa Castillo was also thrilled, she said.

"She was thrilled but more impressed by the fact that we were there," Adams said. "It was more about the connection and knowing that we were there than it was about the money."

Adams said she will continue to collect money if it comes. Her email address is magadams@gmail.com.

Gary Castillo was ambushed while returning to his Garda armored car with a cash pick-up from the grocery at 2205 Lavista Rd. shortly after noon on March 15. He later died of his injuries at Grady Hospital. He was the first guard killed in a series of increasingly brazen armored car robberies throughout the Atlanta area that began in September.

Four men from parts across the metro Atlanta area have been charged in connection with the killing.