ATLANTA — A person was shot and killed on a MARTA train Saturday night, police said. It happened on a westbound train as it was headed into the Hamilton E. Holmes station in Atlanta.
MARTA Police Sgt. D. Littles said a man was shot at around 10:16 p.m. He said the suspect, identified by police as Tobias Dixon, was arrested on the scene. He faces charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, he said.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 28-year-old Donte L. Cambridge Jr.
Dixon was taken to Fulton County Jail where he remains.
The cause of the shooting remains under investigation.
Just last week, there was a shooting on the platform of the Arts Center MARTA station in Midtown Atlanta. One person was grazed by the gunfire and a suspect was taken into custody.
