Man Killed in Reported Early Saturday Morning Repossession

Atlanta, GA – August 27, 2023 – It was just after 1am on Saturday morning when Atlanta police responded to a call about a wrecked vehicle in a residential neighborhood in south west Atlanta. Upon arrival, they discovered the wrecked white sedan. Inside it, they found a 47-year-old man conscious with bullet wounds to his abdomen and leg. The man was rushed to the hospital but pronounced dead on arrival. Man Killed in Reported Early Saturday Morning Repossession

Details are few, but according to the early reports on Newsbreak, “The early investigation indicated that the unnamed victim might have been trying to repossess the car when he was shot.” The original story only reported that he was rushed to the hospital.

The supporting link to the Atlanta Police blotter posted at 8:39PM added that “The male was transported to the hospital but later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.”

This story was also reported on other news sites but did not mention any connection to the shooting being related to a repossession. At this point we can only assume that the original report is based upon a responding reporter’s findings and that the others are based solely upon the police blotter.

Police report that the alleged shooter or shooters fled the scene and an investigation is ongoing.

PUBLISHERS NOTE: Although the story does not include a name, this may change as details emerge, or perhaps not. As of August 19^th, the Atlanta PD reported that there had been 80 homicides across the city YTD with three that week alone. The mainstream press has a short memory in large urban areas like Atlanta and this, like the majority of murders, the results of the investigation may be swept under the rug as yesterday’s news.

This is and has been the state of identifying and tracking violence and murder in the repossession history for over a hundred years. They are generally under or misreported. If this was indeed a repossession related death, That would mark three in just over a one-month period. This would tie the deadliest year in the industry since 2014.

It is not unusual for Detectives investigating the crime to not provide a suspected motive in the crime. This could explain the inconsistencies in the reporting of it being repossession related in the Newsbreak article and the police blotter. Officers at the scene may be less guarded in their comments than those who write the blotter.

The fact that the sedan was wrecked and with no mention of a tow truck, indicates that it was most likely being driven. There may or may not have been a second person assisting the victim, but his ability to drive it indicates that he probably had keys and as such, this could most likely have been a repossession conducted for a private party or local buy-here-pay-here car dealer and possibly not an employee of an established repossession agency.

We will provide more information if and when details emerge.