Today's Atlanta Georgia Headlines...
Man's body found near Turner Field
The body of a man found near Turner Field has been identified as a 55-year-old man who was hit by a car, according to the Fulton Medical Examiner's Office. The man has been identified but his name had not been released Saturday morning because relatives had not been notified of his death. The body was discovered shortly before 5 a.m. Friday in the 800 block of Hank Aaron Drive, about a block south of the stadium.
Killer dragged from court after outburst
A Fulton Superior Court judge threatened to gag a convicted hitman if he could not promise to be quiet when he's sentenced for a 2000 murder for hire. For the second time Thursday -- the fifth time during the death penalty trial -- Cleveland Clark, convicted of murdering Sparkle Rai, spewed obscenities at the judge and others involved in the prosecution. After the jury began deliberating, Clark became frustrated for being brought back into the courtroom for a discussion about a jury question.
Tears, relief as Sparkle Rai's killer gets death sentence
Sparkle Rai's father Bennet Reid wiped away a tear Thursday evening when he heard the sentence. "Death," the forewoman read from a Fulton County jury box, condemning Cleveland Clark, the man convicted of murdering Reid's daughter. Donna Lowery, Rai's stepmother, let out a tremendous sigh.
11 suspected blue jean bandits arrested
A tip led Atlanta Police on Friday to an arrest of 11 alleged bluej ean bandits and about $10,000 in stolen jeans, a police spokeswoman said. The tipster alerted police of suspicious activity in the backyard of a house in the 900 block of Farrington Road, Sgt. Lisa Keyes said. Officers arrived to find 11 suspects removing tags from shirts and hundreds of high-end jeans, Keyes said.
Garage closed as collapse cause investigated
It may be weeks before the cause of the Centergy parking deck collapse at Spring and Fifth streets is determined, the company that operates the garage said Friday. According to Harry Conley, president and CEO of Fifth Street Management Company, OSHA investigators haven't yet offered any theories on what happened. "We haven't been given that information," he said. " We still don't know what happened."
Two wounded in SW Atlanta shooting
Two people were wounded by gunfire early Friday at an apartment complex in southwest Atlanta. The incident happened around 1 a.m. at the Hidden Pines apartments on Cushman Circle off Boulder Park Drive. Atlanta police Sgt. Lisa Keyes said Gregory Gainer, 24, was shot in the groin, and Shenikqua Jones, 17, was struck in the abdomen.
