Two children were shot Wednesday evening at a playground at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex, police said.
The shooting, which left a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy injured, happened at the Parkside at Mechanicsville along McDaniel Street, police said. Officers were called to the scene at about 7:30 p.m. and found the girl lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to her left shoulder, according to a report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The boy had been shot in the hand and was found just down the street, authorities confirmed.
The victims were taken to a hospital and were said to be stable.
Police said at least 24 shell casings were found at the playground. Investigators said they believe an “ongoing dispute between groups of juveniles escalated to gunfire.”
Camera footage of the incident was obtained and a security guard at the location was able to provide police with information on a possible suspect. The guard told authorities that there was a fight Tuesday and a “juvenile male advised they would come back” Wednesday, according to the report.
The location of the incident is across the street from Rosa L. Burney Park, where six people, including a 6-year-old, were shot in August. Two of the victims, 31-year-old Rashad Rogers and 33-year-old April Sparks, died in the shooting, police previously said.
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