Atlanta Resident Charles D. Boyer Fatally Shot During Armed Robbery, Three Suspects Still At Large

Charles D. Boyer fatally shot during armed robbery in parking lot of apartment in Virginia-Highlands area of Atlanta.

The criminals running loose in Atlanta are becoming bolder and bolder. Charles D. Boyer died after being shot in the chest by masked gunmen late Monday in the Virginia-Highlands area of the city. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Boyer and a woman were confronted by three robbers in the parking lot of an apartment on Virginia Avenue. A confrontation ensued and Boyer was shot multiple times. The dirtbags reportedly stole the woman's purse and cell phone before running away.

Just yesterday a news story surfaced detailing how much more brazen the criminals in Atlanta have become, even using tow trucks to steal cars. The crime wave is spreading to affluent suburbs in the metropolitan area such as Roswell, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Alpharetta. When we moved here in 1999, the crime was generally concentrated on the southern side of the city, but the cheaper rents in some apartments in such sections of the northern suburbs have made these areas easier to target. It is not right and not fair that thugs would have the hubris to take what isn't theirs and to kill their victims in the process.