Family of Slain Teen, Reuben Hand, Sues MARTA
ATLANTA - The family of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at a downtown Atlanta train station after ringing in the new year at the city's Peach Drop celebration claims that an officer ignored his pleas for help.
A lawsuit filed this week in Fulton County Superior Court by the family of Rueben Hand claims MARTA officers did nothing when he told them a man was following and threatening him. It said minutes later, the assailant approached Hand from behind and slashed his throat. A MARTA spokesman declined immediate comment.
Hand's family said the teenager was trying to get on a MARTA train when a man accused him of stealing a cell phone. An argument broke out, and he was killed.
Authorities charged 36-year-old Tommy Christopher Collins in the killing, which took place a few blocks from the Peach Drop.
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