VIDEO, REPORTS: Atlanta Double Murders: Apartment Complex Security; Funeral; Father Speaks

New developments after Sunday night's gruesome double murder in Atlanta Twenty-one-year-old Samuel Blizzard Jr. and 26-year-old Calvin Streater were shot execution-style in a Southeast Atlanta apartment. Streater lived in Atlanta and Blizzard was a Georgia State University student from Virginia. Both men attended Black Gay Pride events over the weekend, police say.

Blizzard's father says his son was found "shot in the head and kneeling" in a prayer position. Watch the report AFTER THE JUMP ...

There are no arrests and detectives still do not have a motive. There are also questions about the apartment complex where the bodies were found, reports the Journal Constitution.

The apartment on Richmond Circle belonged to Calvin Streater but Samuel Blizzard Jr. was living there temporarily when the two were shot and killed Sunday night, police said. They believe Blizzard and Streater knew their killer. "There was no forced entry" into the unit at the Station at Richmond Hill Apartments, according to APD homicide Lt. Paul Guerrucci. The apartment complex is gated and a code is required to drive onto the property, but a pedestrian gate is often open, Guerrucci said.

Betty Reese, who lives in the complex, complained that it's too easy to get onto the property. Reese heard the gunshots Sunday night while she and her sister were visiting with each other on the porch of her unit. Reese described hearing a series of gun shots. "Pow-pow-pow-pow!" A pause and then the sound repeated. "I knew it was gunfire," Reese said. "It stopped and it went again. A couple of hours later, a friend found Streater and Blizzard, who is from Spring Grove, Va., dead in an apartment at the complex.

AJC reports the apartment "belonged to Calvin Streater." But Samuel Blizzard Sr. said the apartment "belonged to [Samuel Jr's] cousin." This would mean either there is another person unaccounted for, that Streater and Blizzard are related, or perhaps the father was mistaken. There have been no reports that the victims were related.

Blizzard's body has been returned to the Richmond-area and the funeral reportedly will be Saturday, sources tell R20.

Calvin Streater's Facebook page, which had contained tributes from friends, has been removed.

Samuel Blizzard Sr. has told investigators his son did "not" participate in Black Gay Pride. But  Blizzard did not say this on camera. In an emotional interview with WTVR, Samuel Blizzard Jr. says his son was "probably"  studying or doing homework over the holiday weekend. Watch the interview AFTER THE JUMP ...

Comments

[lightskinbruh]

Lord Jesus I pray that they get the individual(s) who did this, QUICK, FAST and IN A HURRY!

I'll never understand people who attempt to play the role of God and decide if I get to live or die. And so what if they were at a Gay pride function. Is that worthy of death????? Here it is you have radical muslims who are chanting death to America and you mean to tell me you'd prefer to erradicate a "homosexual" than the person(s) that want to kill your entire country????? If your so trigger happy and gun hoe to kill someone, join the Military so we can ship you off to kill up the "real enemies".

Unfortunately this is what happens when someone is struggling with their own sexual identity and by killing ME you somehow have convinced yourself that you are also killing the feelings you probably have toward same sex attraction.

This situation just makes me so angry and sad all at the same time.

[Jules]

Brothers.. I did not hear anyone here mention it may have been a hook up situation. Adam and the other sites are overwhelmed with "visiting" profiles of fine men during these events and some of the kids in the A are ADDICTED to these sites. It's VERY dangerous and there have been several brothers killed doing it that has not made national news (I know people who work in media there) We have all had our lonely nights and we have entertained the dangerous ideas and invites that go along with that loneliness. In addition, I can't help but to pray for the brothers who left Atlanta this past weekend with something they didn't come there with. There is a LOT of sex and drinking during these events as we all know. Remember the days when there were gay elders who took young gay kids in as their "children" and showed them the ropes of the lifestyle? Those days are so long gone and it's unfortunate. Mostly because we have lost several generations of gay brothers to the obvious. This story is so sad.

[Diva1961]

This is a sad situation. I hope they find the killer/s. It could be a friend, a hook-up, another relative. It could be any situation where whoever answered the door knew the person.

I won't vilify the pride event or the people involved. Just like the carjacking murder, life is sometimes a series of horribly random events. No matter where one goes or what one does, they must stay smart and aware. This is the most important point.

I will say that the father seems to be trying to de-gay his son's image. That is the only thing I don't like.