A 16-year-old boy was shot multiple times Tuesday inside a parking deck at a southeast Atlanta mixed-use development, police said.
Officers were called to the Enso apartment building on Glenwood Avenue at about 4 p.m. and found the teenager suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. According to police, the preliminary investigation indicated the victim was struck while inside the building’s parking garage, which also services several other businesses.
The victim was not able to provide the identity of a suspect or a reason for the shooting, police said. No other details were released.
The shooting happened near Glenwood Park and Maynard Jackson High School.
As of Tuesday, there have been at least 56 children under the age of 18 shot in metro Atlanta this year. Of them, at least 30 have died. In 2021, there were at least 23 minors shot.
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