11 Alive is reporting that a woman found behind an office building off East Ponce de Leon Avenue in downtown Decatur was murdered. The body was found on the ground just before 11 p.m. on Saturday night and police state the woman had been shot. Her identity has not been released.
UPDATE: A fire sent smoke shooting through the roof of the popular OK Cafe at the corner of West Paces Ferry Road and Northside Drive in Buckhead on Sunday morning. According to our media affiliate CBS 46, crews were called to the restaurant around 8 a.m.. Breakfast service was already underway when the fire began. One firefighter was injured after he fell while cleaning up at the restaurant. He was taken to Atlanta Medical Center for treatment. He was alert and his injuries are not serious. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. When the restaurant will reopen is uncertain.
Protests in the aftermath of grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers charged with killing Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO and Eric Garner in New York continued across Atlanta on Saturday. A “die-in” was held on the 17th Street bridge with protesters lying down on the sidewalk, while groups rallied in Woodruff Park and marched through the streets in Downtown. Read more at WSB.
