Gambling loss leads to fatal fight

Tuesday, May 30, 2000 | 11:04 a.m.

ATLANTA -- An Atlanta man was killed when he returned to a house where he had lost money gambling and started a gunfight, police said.

Arthur Weaver, 25, shot three people before he died Friday night.

Orenthious Martin, 22, was shot in the hip and knee, Ricky Jones, 22, was hit in the upper chest, and Rhonda Rice, 23, was grazed by a bullet, according to Atlanta police spokesman John Quigley. All are from Atlanta

When Weaver came back to the house, he was wearing a bulletproof vest, Quigley said. According to the victims, Weaver said, "Give me back my money ... nah, I don't want the money," and started shooting.

Some of the others fired back, and despite the vest, Weaver was wounded in the chest and three times in the leg.

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