ATLANTA — A college student was killed in Atlanta earlier this March, and now police are offering a reward for information that could lead to an arrest.
Atlanta Police said the shooting happened shortly after 5 p.m. at 210 Flat Shoals Avenue, not far from Atlanta's Glenwood Park and Cabbagetown neighborhoods. Police identified the victim as Darrian Giles, who they said was finishing a degree at Savannah State University. He is survived by his 10-month-old child.
Atlanta Police homicide commander Lt. Ralph Woolfolk announced Friday that the victim was murdered outside of a repast for a funeral. Giles was seated in the driver's side of his vehicle when another vehicle pulled up, erupting in a "barrage of gunfire."
Police said that the murder was the result of a robbery, but did not give any more details to the motivation behind the crime. Officers identified a black Toyota sedan of interest in surveillance footage.
The police department is now offering up to $3,000 for information that could lead to an arrest in the case.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Atlanta Police Department's homicide unit at (404) 546-4235.