3 injured, 1 arrested after shooting in Atlanta’s Bankhead neighborhood
Two men and a woman were hospitalized after a shooting incident where children were present in Atlanta’s Bankhead neighborhood Monday morning, police said.
The shooting took place just before 10:15 a.m. at 625 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard, Atlanta police said in a news release. The location is at the back of the Kane’s Crossing apartment complex, about a block south of the intersection with Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.
At the scene, officers found all three people suffering from gunshot wounds, police said. They were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, and one of the men was placed in police custody at Grady Detention.
Two children were in a car with two of the adults, Channel 2 Action News reported. Police confirmed that children were present at the shooting scene but said they were not injured.
Neighbors told Channel 2 that a child and a teenager were in the back of the car and said one of the youths called 911.
Investigators believe the shooting was the result of a dispute between the three people. Police did not say if any additional suspects had been identified.
No identities have been publicly released, and police have not shared any additional details.
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