MARTA police say they are certain that 20-year-old Broderick Smith, of Atlanta, was the trigger man in a fatal Wednesday night shooting at the East Point train station.
Smith was arrested at about 5 p.m. Thursday at his mother's apartment in the Westlake area of Fulton County. Anthony Beavers, 19, was killed following what has been reported as a robbery attempt.
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Teacher recalls MARTA shooting victim as ‘brilliant'
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Jonesboro High School graduate who one teacher described as "brilliant" was shot and killed at the East Point MARTA station late Wednesday night, officials said.
Train service was interrupted and a "bus bridge" was used to transport passengers between rail stations, MARTA spokesman Lyle Harris said.
Train service resumed early Thursday morning, WSB Radio's Richard Sangster, who was at the scene, told the AJC.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office identified the victim as Anthony Beavers, 19.Beavers was a 2008 graduate of Jonesboro High School, where he was on the school's chess team.
...The shooting occurred at about 10:40 p.m. near an elevator at the south end of the station.Early Thursday morning, MARTA police investigators were still trying to find the shooter and determine a possible motive, Assistant Police Chief Joseph Dorsey said.
Beavers was on the southbound side of the center train platform when two shots were fired, said a witness who called the AJC. That side of the platform was cordoned off with crime scene tape when an AJC reporter arrived.
Riders hit the ground to avoid gunfire, witnesses said.
Immediately after the shooting, police prevented riders from entering or leaving the station and questioned a man believed to be a witness. Riders were allowed to leave the station at about 11:30 p.m.
Around 1 a.m., four MARTA police patrol cars sped away from the station going south on Main Street, before stopping roughly a mile away and returning minutes later.
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