Inset: Martino Allen (WAGA/Allen’s family). Screenshot: Allen was shot to death at his apartment in Union City, Georgia (WAGA).
An 18-year-old young man from Georgia tragically lost his life just before his high school graduation. The incident occurred when three individuals, wearing masks and pretending to be Uber Eats delivery drivers, shot at the teenager upon him opening the door.
The victim, identified as Martino Allen, was at home in an apartment complex in Union City, near Atlanta, when he heard a knock on the door at around 10 p.m. on Monday. According to his mother, Tiffany Fuller, who spoke to local news outlets, including ABC affiliate WSB and Fox affiliate WAGA, the perpetrators ambushed Allen at his doorstep.
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“Someone knocked on the door and said Uber Eats, and when my son opened the door, they just started shooting him,” she said.
Three masked and hooded gunmen opened fire. A neighbor’s Ring camera footage captured the shots.
Allen’s family suspects that he may have been targeted due to ongoing conflicts with certain individuals at school, theorizing that he was deliberately lured into a dangerous situation. Following the shooting, some of the individuals present in the apartment fled the scene, failing to provide assistance or cooperate with law enforcement, leaving the family devastated by the tragic turn of events.
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Allen was a senior at McNair High School and had just attended prom last week, according to Fuller.
“They took my baby,” she said. “My baby’s gone.”
The death has been difficult on the family.
“This has completely broken my family in half,” Allen’s sister Kamiya Fuller said.
Cops are reviewing the videos but have not made any arrests. Anyone with information is asked to call Union City police.
“If you know something, please say something,” his sister said. “This could be your child.”
