Overview
- The victim was identified as Cesar Tejada, 58, of Grayson, who was working as an Uber driver when he was fatally shot.
- Officers found Tejada in the roadway on Groveland Parkway around 5:20 a.m. with at least one gunshot wound.
- Ring doorbell video captured a black SUV stopping, leaving the victim in the street, and driving away, which investigators linked to Tejada’s vehicle.
- Police say Tejada picked up the rider around 4:13 a.m., the passenger exited the back seat, shot him, and fled, and detectives later detained 15-year-old Christian Simmons near his Lilburn residence.
- Uber banned the rider account tied to the trip and is assisting investigators, while police have not said whether a weapon was recovered or if others were involved.