ATLANTA — MARTA police have a man in custody after someone was shot at the Arts Center Station in midtown Atlanta on Tuesday.
The shooting occurred around 9 a.m. on the northbound platform, where Marquis Edwards allegedly shot a man in the leg. The victim was conscious and taken to the hospital, according to MARTA officials.
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“MARTA is always interesting, I’ll say that. There’s a lot happening on MARTA,” said Samontina Abbott, a MARTA rider.
But many riders don’t expect a shooting to happen on the platform.
“No, I don’t. Especially when I ride the train (at) 4:30, 5 o’clock in the morning,” Adrian Eddie said.
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Cody Turner witnesses the aftermath of Tuesday’s shooting.
“I saw that there was police tape and someone was talking about how there was a bunch of blood over there,” Turner told Channel 2’s Tom Jones.
MARTA officials reported that after the shooting, Edwards was tracked and arrested on a Cobb Linc bus in Cobb County.
Riders expressed a desire for increased security measures, such as more officers and surveillance cameras, to prevent future incidents.
Lauren Aulov shared a personal experience where she was chased and threatened on the train.
“And no one was around. I even called like on those phones. They said that not an officer can get there within 20 minutes,” she said.
Edwards faces charges of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
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