Two bystanders were shot outside a downtown Atlanta Greyhound bus station just after midnight Thursday when two other men got into a fight and opened fire, according to officials.
Both victims are men and are expected to survive, Atlanta police said. It was not clear if they were awaiting a bus at the Forsyth Street station, but a police spokesperson said they were quickly attended to by off-duty officers working security. They were not the intended targets of the shooting.
Atlanta police Capt. Jeff Childers told Channel 2 Action News that the suspects had been at a store across the street and got into a fight that spilled outside. He said investigators don’t know what the argument was about, but it escalated into an exchange of gunfire.
One suspect ran from the scene and the other sped away in a car, Childers said.
“We are looking for a Dodge Avenger, like a burnt orange color with a sunroof,” he said.
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