CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Clayton County police have charged a man they say murdered a stranger in broad daylight.
The deadly shooting happened in area of Riverdale and Norman roads on Friday afternoon. Channel 2′s Audrey Washington reported live from the scene on Channel 2 Action News at 4 p.m. as police pieced together what led to the shooting.
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Officers said they responded around 1:30 p.m. to a shooting call. When they arrived, they say they found 57-year-old Eric Crane lying in the southbound lanes of the street with several gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.
Several witnesses told police that they saw a man shoot Crane several times before the man ran to a car and sped away.
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Investigators have now identified that man as 21-year-old Devante Watson.
Police say Watson and Crane did not know one another.
Watson is currently in custody in Fulton County on unrelated charges. He will face charges of malice murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime in Clayton County.
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