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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4f852e8bbd0f77d20405022066b10841 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230808;font-size:14px"><br><strong>Rakim Bradford, 34, opened fire Wednesday after he came to the door to collect a delivery outside his house in Atlanta and saw three teens he believed were trying steal it </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c3d055e2cd534ca8cc0a454a17725fb2 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230808;font-size:14px"><strong>Bradley hit two of the three<strong> teenage porch pirates fleeing with packages delivered on his porch of his Atlanta townhouse </strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ee61a2182a15851784ebbd878fe2cae wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230808;font-size:14px"><strong>The IHOP <strong><strong>chef has been <strong>charged with two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony</strong></strong></strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8b4ebf3870415dc6c0b7aad3d12128dd wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230808;font-size:14px"><strong>Bradford fled his house before police arrived, but later turned himself in to a police station </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2def57f437b6a09d9a2048f16cb1acd3 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230808;font-size:14px"><strong>A 15-year-old boy was shot in his right foot and taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6905e6c341c1d634814fc153cf66355e wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230808;font-size:14px"><strong>Police later found a 16-year-old who had surgery in hospital for with a bullet wound in his right arm </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-76d6b482f6b44d203858a5e888840371 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230808;font-size:14px"><strong> One of the teens admitted to police they saw a white van drop a delivery on Bradley&#8217;s porch, and decided to &#8216;steal it&#8217;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/12/12/20/104687025-15378291-image-m-20_1765570821980.jpg" alt="Rakim Bradford, 34, was charged with aggravated assault after allegedly shooting two teenage porch pirates outside his home as they ran away with packages" style="width:829px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Rakim Bradford, [photo], has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. for shooting two teenage porch pirates outside his Atlanta townhouse as they ran away with packages</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">An Atlanta based IHOP chef has been charged after allegedly shooting two teenage porch pirates outside his home as they ran away with packages.<br>Rakim Bradford, 34, opened fire after he came to the door to collect a delivery outside his townhouse in Atlanta and saw three youths he believed were trying steal it. One of the teens has admitted to investigators that they saw a white van drop a delivery on Bradley&#8217;s porch, and decided to steal it, according to the arrest warrant. <br>The arrest warrant cites the statement of Bradley&#8217;s co-worker who said that after the shooting he called and told them he was cleaning his gun when he received notification that the delivery had arrived.<br>He went to retrieve the package still holding his gun, but it &#8216;went off&#8217;, adding that he believed one of the fleeing teens was hit in the back.<br>Although Bradford fled his house, before police arrived about 3.30pm on Wednesday, he later turned himself in to a police station. He is being held at the Fulton County Jail.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Rakim Bradford opened fire after he came to the door to collect a delivery outside his townhouse in Atlanta and saw three teenagers he saw fleeing with the packages</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bradford, the head chef at a local IHOP who studied at the Culinary Institute of America was charged on Friday with two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.<br>Police found one shell casing at the scene when they searched the Villages of Cascades gated community in Atlanta&#8217;s western suburbs. <br>A 15-year-old boy was shot in his right foot and taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment. A second teenager, 16, is hospitalized after surgery for a bullet wound his right arm. He is expected to survive.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Villages-of-Cascades-in-Atlanta-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-490591" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The stealing and shooting happened Wednesday outside Bradford&#8217;s townhouse in the Villages of Cascades, a gated community in Atlanta&#8217;s western suburbs</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8216;We believe a property crime was occurring, that some packages were being taken off of a front porch,&#8217; Atlanta Police Chief Darren Sherbaum said. &#8216;The homeowner did discharge his weapon to stop that theft of the packages.&#8217;<br>&#8216;Anytime a child is injured in our city, we really take that seriously,&#8217; said Chief Sherbaum.<br>&#8216;We want to make sure we know what is happening, individuals being held accountable, and what resources may be needed for that family.&#8217; <br></p>



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