Buckhead Boiler Seafood owner Chad Dillon killed, family, friends, customers mourn [Video]

A beloved restaurateur was gunned down while in his car in a busy portion of Atlanta on Tuesday evening.

Atlanta police are still searching for the gunman.

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“I’m hurt. I’m broken. My heart is broke,” Bree Dawson said.

Dawson is just one of many people feeling the immediate loss of Chad Dillon.

Atlanta police were called on Tuesday just before 4 p.m. and were told a man had been shot inside his car near the intersection of John Wesley Dobbs Avenue and Boulevard.

The medical examiner later confirmed that the man was 33-year-old Chad Dillon.

Dillon owned the popular Boiler Seafood and Crab Boil on Piedmont Road.

Dillon was working to open another business close to where he was killed.

“I sat out here all night,” Dawson said.

Dawson started a growing memorial with balloons, flowers and a candle outside the business.

“He meant a lot to this community. He was a …