ATLANTA, Ga. – A 17-year-old has been arrested after he allegedly shot a D.C. restaurant manager during a violent armed robbery in Atlanta, Georgia.
On July 8 around 12:15 a.m., Christian Broder and three others -- Sarah Driscoll and Megan Carty of San Diego, Calif., and Nicholas Broder of Atlanta -- told police they were leaving a wedding reception and waiting on an Uber at the corner of West Brookhaven Drive and Capitol City Lane.
That’s when a vehicle approached the group. The victims said a young black man wearing jeans and a hooded sweatshirt got out of the vehicle’s passenger side and pulled a gun on them, demanding their valuables.
The suspect then got back inside the vehicle, but Christian Broder tried to follow. The suspect turned and shot him once in the abdomen. The suspect got back into the passenger side of the car, which drove off.
Broder was transported to Piedmont Hospital in critical condition.
The victims were unable to tell police what type of car the suspects were driving, however, according to a police report, nearby surveillance video images showed two vehicles leaving the area around the time of the shooting -- a rental car and a white 2014 Dodge Charger which police said had been stolen in Forest Park on Saturday. That car's Georgia license tag is #DZX440.
Friday, 17-year-old Jayden Myrick was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault, one count of aggravated battery and one count of possession of a firearm.
Broder is well known in the D.C. community. He is the general manager of Millie's Restaurant & Market, according to his Linkedin page.
To help raise money for his recovery, Broder's family has set up a Go Fund Me page. They said he has had several life-saving surgeries and has a long journey ahead.
