Eye Witness, You Witness

The previous post details an amittedly sensationalized account of a shooting that took place this morning (Nov 11, 2008) in downtown Atlanta.

The Atlanta Urinal and Constipation has finally caught up with the story (remember dear readers, I broke it here first!).

Here is their take on the events. What follows in an excerpt:

"A knife-wielding homeless man was shot in Woodruff Park Tuesday morning by MARTA police officers who had pursued him out of the nearby Five Points station, police said. The incident played out across several busy blocks of downtown Atlanta in front of college students, workers and homeless people who frequent the area. 'I was really scared,' said Georgia State University student Tiara Ramos, who witnessed the shooting while working at a nearby coffee shop. 'I have always heard this is not the safest place, but nothing like this has happened before.'

The man, shot four times in the chest, arm and legs, was , according to Atlanta police.

A veteran MARTA officer suffered a slash wound on the palm of one of his hands from the suspect’s butcher knife and broke an ankle when he fell down during a struggle over the weapon, police said. His injuries were not life-threatening.

Both the suspect and the officer, whose identities were not immediately made public, were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital."