Man stroked her hair, got in fight with fiancé then hit him with car, woman says
A woman said her fiancé is in bad shape at Grady Hospital after he was intentionally hit with a car outside a restaurant following a fight inside.
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Taj Jones said she and her husband-to-be, Terry Crosby, had just arrived in Atlanta from Detroit to celebrate a birthday, when they decided to go with others to the Dunwoody bar and restaurant The Bird on April 25.
'I was facing my fiancé, and the guy was behind me stroking my hair like this with his hand,' she said.
That resulted in a fight inside the bar around 2 a.m. Sgt. Michael Cheek with Dunwoody police said management threw out everyone who was involved.
Jones said they were walking in the parking lot when she heard the revving of a car engine. She moved out of the way as it sped toward them, but Crosby was hit and knocked into the building.
The driver drove away, and Crosby was rushed to the hospital. Jones said he had a blood clot in his head, a fractured shoulder and broken ribs among his injuries.
Crosby remains in the care of doctors at Grady with a long road ahead.
'We know he will come out of this on top, with all of his memory and nothing will be wrong,' Jones said.
The man accused of hitting him turned himself in at the DeKalb County Jail, Dunwoody police said Monday.
Sheldon Mayers faces three felony charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and hit and run resulting in serious injury or death.
Jail records show Mayers has been released on bond from the DeKalb County Jail.
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