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Woman shot, killed in Atlanta McDonald’s; 19-year-old arrested

Police Line Do Not Cross Tape, There was a heavy police presence around the restaurant where the shooting took place. (Stock Depot/Getty Images)

ATLANTA — A 19-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with murder after a shooting at a southwest Atlanta McDonald’s, WSB-TV reported.

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Police told the television station that the woman was shot during a fight with another woman that ended in gunfire. The injured woman was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead from the wounds.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said the victim is Tamanika Woods. Her age has not been released, but police told WSB that she was between 30 and 35.

T’Niya Evans, 19, has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of several felonies and theft by receiving stolen property, police said.

Police told WSB that Evans used a stolen gun from a car parked in a downtown parking garage about five miles from the McDonald’s. They would not say if Evans was believed to have been the one to steal the gun.

The restaurant was roped off with crime tape and there were multiple police cars in the parking lot, WSB reported.



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