Perception of CrimeWatch: Boxer killed, councilman carjacked
Vernon Forrest gunned down during robbery. Councilman Ceasar Mitchell later carjacked at gunpoint. Thankfully, he was not injured.
The AJC reports boxer Vernon Forrest was shot and killed at 11:00 P.M. last night during a shoot-out that began after Forrest was robbed when he stopped at the Chevron on Whitehall Street (one block south of Castleberry Hill). The perceived killers have not been arrested.
21 hours earlier*, less than three miles away, Atlanta councilman Ceasar Mitchell was carjacked at gunpoint. His car was recovered, but the perceived carjackers haven’t been caught.
Neither the Mayor’s office nor the police department have issued any public statements about these perceived crimes as neither involved a baseball bat metaphor.
(*Correction: The original post incorrectly stated when Mitchell was carjacked. Thanks to eagle-eyed CL reader S. Dekalb Voter for catching the error.)