Authorities stated one individual was killed and at the least 5 others wounded when a dispute escalated right into a capturing Saturday night close to a preferred purchasing and leisure district in Atlanta.
The capturing occurred at about 8 p.m. native time on a road close to Atlantic Station, Atlanta police Lt. Germain Dearlove stated in a late Saturday night time news briefing. Footage from the scene confirmed a heavy police presence with a number of surrounding roads blocked off.
One male sufferer was pronounced lifeless on scene, Dearlove stated, and 5 others have been transported to close by hospitals with unknown accidents. All six victims have been believed to be between 15 and 21 years of age. No names have been instantly supplied.
Just previous to the capturing, Dearlove stated, a “large group” of juveniles had been escorted off Atlantic Station property by safety for “unruly behavior, and also curfew violations.”
That group then gathered on the seventeenth Street bridge the place a “dispute occurred, that escalated to gunfire.”
Dearlove stated the precise circumstances of the capturing have been nonetheless unclear. No arrests have been made.
“It may be between two groups, one shooting at another, so two possible shooters,” Dearlove stated.
Atlantic Station is busy purchasing space, with a number of shops and eating places. It is situated a couple of miles north of downtown Atlanta.