UPDATE: An eyewitness recalls what they saw in a comment…

It was indeed a pedestrian accident, a horrific hit and run. I saw the whole thing from the #6 Marta bus.

Right around 8:30, a woman started briskly crossing North Decatur from Everybody’s Pizza side. Our bus in the right lane probably blocked her view, and the view of the silver Jeep speeding up to run the yellow light. They collided and her legs were mangled. The car continued on while tons of bystanders and bus riders were able to help the woman who was conscious. It happened so fast, so don’t quote me on any of these facts, but that’s how I remember it.

I never want to see anything like that again.

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It looks like we’ll have to go back to the old method of crowd-sourcing info on this one, since I don’t have an easy contact at DeKalb PD.  Can anyone add to Kathy’s report of the accident in Emory Village this morning?

Big scene in Emory Village this morning, around 8:45–I wondered if you knew what was up, because I think you know everything that happens in the area. Multiple police cars, a fire truck, an ambulance that pulled out around the time I arrived, and traffic backed up all the way down North Decatur to Haygood and Briarcliff. There was one car parked in front of what I persist in calling Jagger’s, facing the wrong way. Honestly, my fear was that this was a pedestrian- or bicyclist-related accident, since there was only one car at the scene.

Ponce de Leon Ave @ Scott Boulevard (photo submitted by Rod)

UPDATE: This new AJC article titled “Parents of dead 5-year-old boy were going through a divorce” gives greater detail of the issues surrounding the DeToma family prior to the horrific incident yesterday.  Thanks to karass for pointing it out.

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According to this CBS Atlanta video, Gary DeToma Sr. confessed to Decatur Police last night that he suffocated his five year-old son and also tired to kill the younger of the two boys as well.

A DM reader has reached out to a relative about a potential vigil for Gary DeToma Jr.  I will keep the community updated if there are any developments.

It’ll be nice to see a business in that empty space again!

Oakhurst Realty informs us via Twitter…

Delta Community Credit Union to open in former Wolf Camera space

Here’s their website.