Authorities stated one individual was killed and at the least 5 others wounded when a dispute escalated right into a taking pictures Saturday night close to a preferred purchasing and leisure district in Atlanta.
The taking pictures occurred at about 8 p.m. native time on a avenue close to Atlantic Station, Atlanta police Lt. Germain Dearlove stated in a late Saturday night time information briefing. Footage from the scene confirmed a heavy police presence with a number of surrounding roads blocked off.
One male sufferer was pronounced useless on scene, Dearlove stated, and 5 others had been transported to close by hospitals with unknown accidents. All six victims had been believed to be between 15 and 21 years of age. No names had been instantly offered.
Simply previous to the taking pictures, Dearlove stated, a "massive group" of juveniles had been escorted off Atlantic Station property by safety for "unruly conduct, and likewise curfew violations."
That group then gathered on the seventeenth Road bridge the place a "dispute occurred, that escalated to gunfire."
Dearlove stated the precise circumstances of the taking pictures had been nonetheless unclear. No arrests have been made.
"It could be between two teams, one taking pictures at one other, so two attainable shooters," Dearlove stated.
Atlantic Station is busy purchasing space, with a number of shops and eating places. It's positioned a couple of miles north of downtown Atlanta.