Two men were killed within hours of each other Sunday evening in separate shootings at a home and an apartment complex in Atlanta, authorities said.
Atlanta police responded to the first shooting around 9 p.m. at the Villages of East Lake apartments on Greenhaven Drive. The southeast Atlanta complex is located near Glenwood Avenue just west of East Lake Golf Club.
When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital and died from his injuries, police said. The man was identified as 39-year-old Leric Hall by the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office.
At around 11:15 p.m., police received a call for another shooting in the 200 block of Thornton Street in the southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Joyland. The area is about 6 miles from the scene of the first shooting.
Officers arrived at the home and found a man lying on the ground with several gunshot wounds. That victim was also taken to a hospital, where he died.
He was identified as 22-year-old Kieante Davis by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A motive is unclear for both cases, and no details were released on possible suspects.
Earlier that day, a trio of separate shootings left three people injured across the city over a span of nine hours. The three victims, who were found shot between 1 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., are expected to survive, police said.
Investigations into Sunday’s shootings are ongoing.
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