Popular Atlanta businessman fatally shot in front of his nightclub

Michael Gidewon operated as a nightlife entrepreneur for 35 years, immigrating to Atlanta from Eritrea in East Africa with his brother, Alex, because of violence. The pair were co-owners of Republic Lounge.

A popular Atlanta businessman was shot and killed over the weekend in front of a nightclub he and his brother co-owned.

Michael Gidewon, 50, was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as the man whose body Atlanta police arrived to find outside the Republic Lounge in West Midtown just before 7 a.m. Saturday, according to today!

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