Father, gas station employee identified as man killed at work

The family of a man shot and killed earlier this week say he was at work to provide for them.

Channel 2 Action News was there as police investigated a deadly shooting at a Chevron station on Cascade Ave. on Tuesday night.

Police confirmed that a 42-year-old man had been shot and killed. The man’s family has identified him as Eniyew Alaye Yehuala.

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They say the husband and father was working at the gas station in southwest Atlanta when he was shot and killed.

His family says he was “known for his kindness, warm personality, and dedication to those he loved” and always put his family first. He leaves behind a wife and 9-year-old daughter.

Lorenzo York, 46, was detained at the scene and has since been charged with murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and gun possession. He is being held in the Fulton County Jail.

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Investigators have not commented on what led up to the shooting.

Yehuala’s family says he will be laid to rest in his home country of Ethiopia.

They have started a GoFundMe campaign to help his family afford the cost of international transportation, as well as helping support his wife and daughter.

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