Atlanta woman, 27, shot dead hours after being kidnapped near her apartment, police say

A 27-year-old woman was kidnapped in front of her Southeast Atlanta residence on Friday and was found shot dead hours later, investigators said.

A citizen immediately called police after witnessing a man grab a woman outside of her residence on Burroughs Street and force her into a car, Atlanta Police Department spokesman Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said during a news conference Friday.

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Hours into the investigation, police said a second citizen called to report hearing gunshots near Lakewood Avenue.

Officers arrived at the scene where the shots were heard and found a deceased female in the wood line, Hampton said. Investigators believe she was the same woman who was kidnapped earlier.

The body was later identified as 27-year-old Mariam Abdulrab, according to her friends and local news outlets.

Abdulrab was a bartender and friend who was described as having "a warm light to her."

James McConnell, who owned the bar where Abdulrab worked for three years, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that "she was one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met."

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Police said that arrest warrants were secured on Saturday for DeMarcus Brinkley, who was initially taken into custody on Friday as a person of interest in the case. 

Brinkley faces charges of murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

With the murder of Abdulrab, the number of homicides in the city has risen to 92 this year.