Hit and run leaves one dead and suspect at large

DeKalb County Police are looking for those responsible in a deadly drive-by shooting Friday morning.

Javion Barber, 19, was walking back from a convenience store with a friend near Lakespur Terrace when someone in a white SUV drove by and fired shots, striking and killing Barber.

His grandmother, Juanita Barber Hodges tells Channel 2 Action News her grandson had a nine-month-old son.

"That was my favorite grandson and seems like they killed him for nothing," said Hodges.

Barber's friend managed to get away.  Police say there could have been up to five people in the white SUV, possibly a Yukon or Tahoe.

Police say so far, it does not appear that a shooting about 15 minutes later on Elk Horn Drive is connected.

"In that particular shooting, there was a man and a woman standing outside at that location when they observed a suspicious vehicle pass them. At some point, that vehicle returned and again for undetermined reasons, someone fired from that vehicle striking that male victim,” Said police spokeswoman Mekka Parish.

He was taken to the hospital in stable condition. The woman was not hurt.

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