Derrick Dukes

Died on June 1, 2017

Age: 45

Gender: Male

Location of death: 3330 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta

Agency: Atlanta Police Department

Derrick Dukes

Died on June 1, 2017
He was shot in Atlanta.
As many as three people assaulted Dukes, who was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot outside Piedmont Peachtree Crossing, a shopping center in Buckhead. According to the preliminary investigation, the shooting was a result of a fight between people in the parking lot. Police believe Dukes and his shooter knew each other in some way. Immediately after the shooting, police were searching for two suspects who fled the scene in a blue car. Robert Scott, 25, was later arrested in connection with the shooting.
Read the AJC’s story