Man Shot In DeKalb County Texaco, Employee Charged with Murder

DEKALB COUNTY, GA — After an altercation Monday morning between a man and a Texaco gas station clerk that ended with one fatally shot, the store clerk has been charged with murder, reported WSB-TV. Police said the victim, 50-year-old John Lamar, was unarmed when Amir Javed, 26, shot him. He's being charged with malice murder.

WSB-TV said that police reviewed surveillance video from the gas station, but won't release it because it's a part of the investigation. Police said after watching the video, however, they decided to move forward with the charges.

According to WSB-TV, the incident took place at the Texaco gas station on the 5200 block of Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain around 1:45 a.m. The store’s employee reported the shooting and officers on the scene found a man’s body on the ground, police told WSB-TV. The clerk was working an overnight shift and was taken into police custody for questioning on Monday.

Police said the employee and the man killed got into an altercation before gunfire erupted. Officials believe theft may have been involved and that the clerk shot the man, who was unarmed.

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