Atlanta Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed low

07/14/2020 Business, Sports


The Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed by Atlanta police last month are being demolished.

Photos and videos from an Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographer on the scene show construction crews using a bulldozer to demolish the charred remains of the University Avenue restaurant.

It is unclear who ordered the demolition on Tuesday, which comes just over a week after protesters who had camped at the site after Brooks’ death were evicted from the property.

The Wendy’s became ground zero for protests after Brooks was shot in the parking lot after an attempted DUI arrest on the hotline on June 12. The restaurant was burned down the next day during one of these protests.

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Garrett Rolfe, the officer who fired the fatal shots, was charged with murder and fired from the department. It’s free with a $ 500,000 bonus.

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Secoriea was traveling in a car with her mother when they left University Avenue shortly before 10 p.m., police said. The driver tried to turn into a parking lot in the 1200 block of Pryor Road, but was confronted by a "group of armed individuals who had blocked the entrance," investigators said.

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According to the police, up to four armed civilians opened fire on the SUV.

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While authorities have released photos of two people of interest in the case, there have been no arrests for the girl's death.

Chris Lemons, who heads the Peoplestown Neighborhood Association, is glad that Wendy's has been demolished.

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"We did not want other accidents or incidents to occur because the building caught fire and was not structurally safe at this time," he said.

We are working to learn more.

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