Man found shot to death in parking lot of sports bar in DeKalb County

A man is dead after a shooting early Monday morning at a popular sports bar in DeKalb County.
Published: Feb. 13, 2023 at 4:48 AM EST|Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 12:37 PM EST
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STONECREST, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A man is dead after a shooting early Monday morning at a popular sports bar in DeKalb County.

DeKalb Dispatch said police responded to a person shot call around 3 a.m. at DaBomb Sports Grill on the 2900 block of Evans Mill Road in Stonecrest and found a man dead in the parking lot and multiple shell casings on the ground.

Gary DaCosta owns the business which has been open since 2002. He said he noticed a group outside was having some type of confrontation shortly before bar close.

“These guys might have had something going on. They were in the car for a minute,” said DaCosta.

He said then, the deadly shooting happened in the parking lot.

“The person that shot him didn’t care. He did it right in front of everybody,” said DaCosta.

DeKalb Police and Homicide detectives are investigating.

Contact the DeKalb Police Department or Crime Stoppers if you have any information regarding this deadly shooting.