Crews were seen Tuesday morning tearing down the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed.
By Asia Simone Burns
The Wendy’s restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by Atlanta police last month is being torn down.
Construction crews and equipment were seen Tuesday morning bringing the walls down at the University Avenue restaurant.
Photos and videos from an Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographer on the scene show crews using an excavator to demolish the charred remains of the building.
The move comes a little more than a week after protesters who had camped out at the site for weeks following Brooks’ death were forced off the property by Atlanta police. They had refused to leave until demands for police reform and a memorial to Brooks’ memory were met.
City leaders sent officers to clear the site July 6, two days after 8-year-old Secoriea Turner was shot and killed across the street from the restaurant. As many as four armed civilians opened fire on Secoria’s mother’s SUV in a parking lot off University Avenue, police said. While authorities have released photos of two persons of interest in the case, there have been no arrests in the girl’s shooting death.
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