One of the four suspects in July’s deadly mass shooting on Edgewood Avenue showed no emotion in court Thursday.
Channel 2’s Michael Seiden was in the courtroom. The defendant, 19-year-old Rico Arnold, is charged with one count of murder and 10 counts of aggravated assault.
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He watched as prosecutors played surveillance videos showing the moment bullets started flying.
A judge declared that there is enough evidence to proceed to trial.
Atlanta Police homicide detective Joseph York took the stand and testified about the moments before, during and after shooting.
Most of his testimony focused on multiple surveillance videos from that tragic night.
Investigators say Arnold and his friends were hanging out on Edgewood Avenue when they reportedly got into an argument with alleged rival gang members.
They left the area for about an hour then returned, and police say the two groups started shooting.
Dozens of bystanders could be seen running for their lives on the surveillance footage. An anonymous tip led police to Arnold.
“Rico said as he was trying to run away that his gun went off inadvertently as he was tripping and falling,” the detective said.
Police are still looking for the three additional suspects.
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