An Atlanta attorney has been charged with murder after he fatally rammed his Mercedes sedan into a real estate investor, according to authorities. The encounter began after 60-year-old Hamid Jahangard 'accidentally' hit the 2011 Mercedes CLS550 belonging to corporate lawyer Bryan Schmitt with
An Atlanta attorney has been charged with murder after he fatally rammed his Mercedes sedan into a real estate investor, according to authorities.
Initially, Schmitt told detectives that he was driving home on River Valley Road that afternoon when he saw a man on the side of the road next to a trash can making"a throwing motion with his arm" before he"saw a white object" strike his car, ABC Atlanta affiliate WSB-TV reported, citing the criminal complaint, which contains the statement Schmitt gave to authorities before he was arrested.
However, surveillance footage and witness statements contradicted Schmitt's account, the criminal complaint states. One neighbor, a nurse, allegedly witnessed Schmitt attempting to pull Jahangard's body from underneath his car and told him to stop and wait for paramedics to arrive, stating that Schmitt"ran him over" rather than knocked him down, according to WSB-TV.
Police found a golf ball on the scene but did not see any damage to the car, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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