A man was shot multiple times in northwest Atlanta on Tuesday morning when his online date set him up to be robbed, according to police.
An Atlanta police officer was flagged down just before 1:30 a.m. after the man drove to a Chevron station in the 300 block of Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard seeking help. He had several gunshot wounds to the chest, police spokesman Officer Jarius Daugherty told AJC.com.
The shooting victim told police he planned to meet a date he contacted online. But when he arrived at their meetup spot on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, she was with another man she said was her brother.
The brother, later identified as 21-year-old Jordan Williams, asked for a ride home, the victim told police. When they reached Thurmond Street, he said Williams jumped out of the Chevy Camaro and pulled a gun from his waistband.
“The male then started to fire upon the vehicle, striking the victim,” Daugherty said. “At that time, the victim produced his own weapon and returned fire.”
Investigators believe robbery was the motive behind the shooting. According to Channel 2 Action News, a large amount of cash was found in the Camaro.
While they were speaking with the man at the gas station, another call about a shooting on Thurmond Street came in, police said. Officers found Williams “bleeding profusely from the leg” and the girl, the news station reported.
“Officers were able to determine that the male and female were the suspects in the shooting of the victim at (the Chevron station),” Daugherty said.
Both men were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds, and both were in stable condition Tuesday, according to Channel 2.
Williams was later arrested on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and criminal attempt to commit robbery.
The date, who is not being named because she is a minor, faces a charge of criminal attempt to commit a robbery.
