Deidra Dukes

2 days ago | fox5atlanta.com | Deidra Dukes

Union City police are investigating a deadly shooting that claimed the life of an 18-year-old high school senior Monday night. The victim, identified as Martino Allen Jr., was ambushed and fatally shot at the Legacy Ridge Apartments on Buffington Road around 10 p.m. What we know: Allen, a senior at McNair High School who had recently attended prom, was at home with his younger brother and other teens when someone knocked on the door of his upstairs apartment.

6 days ago | fox5atlanta.com | Deidra Dukes

David Scott is a free man for the first time in nearly three decades, after a Clayton County judge ordered his release and a FOX 5 news report helped break through a bureaucratic roadblock. PREVIOUS STORY: Free, but still behind bars? Clayton County man stuck in legal limbo What we know: Scott, who was sentenced to prison in 1996, walked out of Hancock State Prison on Wednesday—just hours after FOX 5 aired a story highlighting his case and the delay in processing his release.

1 week ago | fox5atlanta.com | Deidra Dukes

Nearly six months after 28-year-old Antonio Alder was gunned down in a shopping center parking lot, his mother is pleading with the public to come forward with any information that could help find his killer. PREVIOUS STORY: DeKalb mother mourns son killed in senseless parking lot shooting What we know: DeKalb County Police have released photos of an unidentified man they are seeking to identify in connection with the deadly shooting, which occurred on Nov.

1 week ago | fox5atlanta.com | Deidra Dukes

"Cartels have infiltrated the United States and through the Southern border, are operating in all major states and cities," ATF Special Agent in Charge Benjamin Gibbons told reporters at a news conference in northeast Atlanta on Friday. Mexican cartels trafficking weapons, drugs in Georgia What we know: Law enforcement officials recently seized hundreds of smuggled weapons in Georgia.   They say it is evidence of the Mexican cartels' presence in the Southeast.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Deidra Dukes

The BriefFederal agents recently intercepted hundreds of high-powered weapons, ammunition, and drugs in Georgia before the contraband was smuggled from the U.S. into Mexico. Law enforcement officials said the seizure is evidence of the Mexican cartels' presence in the Southeast. 14 people have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the criminal enterprise in Georgia, including nine individuals who were reportedly in the country illegally.