Authorities from the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office identified the victim as Barney Simms, 70. Simms was a retiredAtlanta Housing Authority executive and was president of the Bonnybrook neighborhood association.
"I am simply heartbroken by the senseless killing of Barney Simms. As an active and gracious leader of the Bonnybrook community, there was no task, too big or too small, that he engaged in to make his neighborhood, and city, a better place. From donning t-shirts and jeans to pick up trash and cut br
Councilman Andre Dickens said, "Barney Simms is unparalleled in how much hes committed to Atlanta, this community. Hes a warm person, one that will always be remembered and cherished by so many.
