Crime & Safety

Witnesses: Buford Highway Bar Shooter Was Defending Woman

The man, who police shot and killed late Saturday night at El Trebol Billiards bar, was possibly defending a woman when he shot four people.

Witnesses say the man who was shot and killed by police Saturday night after he shot four people at a Buford Highway bar may have been defending a woman.

From a story in WSB-TV:

A deadly bar shooting in DeKalb County may have had something to do with someone inappropriately touching a woman.

Several witnesses who did not want to be identified told Channel 2’s Erica Byfield that the man who died was trying to defend a woman.

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The four victims were taken to a nearby hospital. The shooting occurred just before midnight at the El Trebol Billards bar at 5280 Buford Highway.

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