Justice · Doraville shootingDoraville fatal shooting: Suspect detained after man killed outside restaurantAired October 27, 2026 at 3:25 AM UTCWritten October 27, 2026 at 3:29 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07Gunfire outside a restaurant killed Pablo Gutierrez Galligos and sent shattered0:11glass into diners.0:12Two seated patrons suffered glass injuries and were cleared of serious injury after0:15treatment at the scene.0:17Police detained a suspect.0:18Investigators still have to piece together the shooting beyond the statement they0:21say he made.0:22Officers found Gutierrez Galligos unresponsive on the pavement outside the0:26restaurant.0:27They attempted emergency life-saving measures, but DeCalp County paramedics0:31pronounced him dead there.0:32The people hurt inside were seated when fragments of shattered glass struck them.0:36Police responded around midnight at the start of Sunday, October twenty-five, two0:39thousand twenty-six, in Doraville, Georgia, that places the response early Sunday0:43morning.0:44The time is approximate.0:45Officers answered reports of active gunfire in the five thousand seven hundred block0:49of Buford Highway.0:50They found Gutierrez, Galigos outside a restaurant in the five thousand eight0:54hundred block.0:55Those locations describe where officers responded and where they found him.0:58His body remained at the scene for several hours while authorities worked and waited1:02for forensic personnel.1:03Police have since identified both Gutierrez Galligos and the man they detained,1:07Daniel Roman Cortez.1:08Police say Roman.1:10Cortes tried to leave in a blue pickup truck.1:12Officers stopped the truck and detained him.1:15Investigators describe him surrendering during that stop when they say he made a1:18direct admission about the shooting.1:20Police say Roman.1:21Cortes told officers I shot him, I killed him.1:24They also say he accused Gutierrez Galligos of sleeping with his wife.1:27Investigators describe the suspected motive as a personal dispute involving that1:31alleged affair.1:32The alleged affair hasn't been confirmed.1:34The accusation comes from the explanation police attribute to Roman Cortez.1:38Investigators are also processing physical evidence and seeking witness accounts to1:42reconstruct the shooting.1:43The restaurant has been provisionally identified as Chandles, Tequilas, and Grill1:47at5,803 Buford Highway.1:49Police haven't confirmed that business as the shooting location.1:52The two block references alone don't identify a particular doorway.1:55Roman Cortes was still in custody in the October '25 and '26 updates.2:00His custody status after those dates hasn't been confirmed.2:03Roman, Cortes reportedly faces a murder charge and six counts of aggravated assault2:08with a weapon.2:09Officials haven't confirmed that charge list.2:11The basis for each reported assault count hasn't been explained, and the accusations2:15carry a presumption of innocence.2:17Police have described an alleged motive and an admission, but the full sequence of2:21the shooting still hasn't been explained.2:23Doraville Police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are processing evidence2:27from the scene.2:28Detectives are seeking information from witnesses and others with relevant details.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗
