Teenager Joetavius Stafford Shot & Killed by MARTA Police Officer After Scuffle Outside Atlanta Train Station

Metro-Atlanta teen Joetavius Stafford reportedly shot in the back by MARTA police officer after scuffle outside Vine City train station.

Joetavius Stafford, 19, was shot and killed Saturday night by a MARTA police officer after a scuffle outside a Vine City train station in metro Atlanta. The victim's brother, Rodney Stafford, told WSB-TV, that his brother and a group of men started arguing outside the station when shots were fired and the teen was killed.

MARTA officials said the shooting investigation is now being handled by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

“They were like, ‘Where the gun at? Where the gun at?’ So after that, I heard a gunshot. Pow. Everybody started running," said Rodney Stafford. Stafford said he then saw a MARTA officer run past him with a gun drawn.

“As he was drawing his gun, I was turning back around. My brother threw his hands up. MARTA police shot him in the back. Pow. And my brother lying on the ground, just looking at me and I was looking at his gunshot wound. As I'm looking at that, MARTA police shot him two more times in the back," said Stafford. Source

The officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Developing story.