An attempted robbery near Phipps Plaza in Buckhead led to a shooting that left three people injured on Easter Sunday, according to Atlanta police.
Officers got a call around 3 p.m. and responded to the intersection of Oak Valley and Peachtree roads, right in front of the luxury shopping center. They found two male victims, ages 24 and 31, who were described as alert and taken to a hospital.
Officers were then notified that a 16-year-old boy had also been shot. He was alert when taken to a hospital, police said. The teenager is being investigated as a possible suspect, authorities said.
Police initially released conflicting information about the victims. It’s not clear if the two men were the intended targets or what was being robbed.
A gun was found next to one of the people shot at the shopping center, police said, but the serial number had been filed off. Authorities did not say who was found in possession of the firearm or if it was used during Sunday’s shooting.
A witness, who wanted to be identified only as Taylor, told Channel 2 Action News from the scene that several young people were in front of L.A. Fitness when shots rang out and everyone scattered.
“They took off. They dispersed, ran different directions,” she said.
As a medical student, she provided first aid to a victim before police and medical responders arrived, she told the news station.
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Crime scene tape was strung across the intersection leading into Phipps Plaza, and clothing items scattered in a crosswalk were marked as evidence.
Multiple shootings have taken place at or near the high-end shopping plaza in recent years, the most prominent being the Dec. 21, 2020, fatal shooting of 7-year-old Kennedy Maxie. She was struck by a bullet while riding in the back seat of her aunt’s vehicle and died the day after Christmas. Daquan Reed was arrested a few weeks later and has since been convicted of her murder.
In December 2021, a man was shot at the plaza’s movie theater during a dispute over seating assignments at a showing of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
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