Police: Same gun used to kill 2 homeless people
Source: Associated Press
Police: Same gun used to kill 2 homeless people
By JEFF MARTIN and PHILLIP LUCAS, Associated Press | December 10, 2014 | Updated: December 10, 2014 4:07pm
ATLANTA (AP) — The same gun was used to kill two homeless men who were shot as they slept, wrapped in blankets on the streets of Atlanta in separate slayings last month, according to Atlanta police.
Now, police hope the bullets will lead them to the killer.
Law enforcement agencies nationwide have been alerted, but none have reported crimes that match the seemingly senseless and random Atlanta shootings, Detective David Quinn said Wednesday.
A type of .45-caliber bullet with an elongated shape — often called a "cowboy bullet" — was used each time, he said.
In the first killing, Dorian Jenkins, 42, was found dead in a blanket on a sidewalk Nov. 23. In the second, Tommy Mims, 68, was shot while curled up in a blanket Nov. 26. Both were likely shot repeatedly early in the morning in what Quinn describes as "overkill."
Jenkins was shot five times and Mims was shot seven times, Quinn told a news conference at police headquarters. He added that the gunman would have had to stop after five or six shots and reload as Mims was dying on the pavement to fire additional shots.
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