The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Gwinnett County man is accused of shooting and killing a man because he pulled into
the wrong driveway.Phillip Walker Sailors, 69, of Lilburn, was booked into the Gwinnett County jail Sunday afternoon
and charged with murder for the death of Rodrigo Abad Diaz, according to jail records and his
arrest warrant.
Diaz, 22,
was shot in the head Saturday night as he tried to drive away from Sailors’
home on Hillcrest Road in Lilburn, the warrant states.
Friends of Diaz, of Duluth, told Channel 2 Action News that he and others were trying to find
a friend’s house, but their GPS instead led them to the home on Hillcrest Road, off Indian Trail Road.
After seeing the car in his driveway, Sailors came out of his home, went back inside, then came
out again with a gun and shot in the air, Yeson Jimenez, 15, told Channel 2. Jimenez said he
and his brother were in the car with Diaz, along with a female passenger.
Diaz tried to drive away, but Sailors shot again, striking Diaz in the head, according to police.