A dispute outside a Kroger in DeKalb County left a 16-year-old girl dead Sunday night when gunfire erupted, police said.
DeKalb police were called to investigate the shooting at the Kroger shopping center on Flat Shoals Parkway off Flakes Mill Road. Investigators believe the shots were fired in the parking lot when two groups got into a dispute.
Dyshea Hall, 16, was killed and a 17-year-old boy was seriously injured, according to DeKalb police spokesperson Officer Elise Wells. The boy remains in critical condition Tuesday, Wells said.
Hall was a member of the Ms. D’s Dancing Dolls, a competitive dance team with a studio in Stone Mountain founded by coach Dianna Williams. The troupe was featured on the “Bring It!” Lifetime television series that aired between 2015 and 2018.
Williams confirmed Hall’s death in a Facebook post.
No suspects have been identified in Hall’s death, but police on Monday released surveillance photos of two men that appear to have been taken inside the store. They are considered persons of interest and are wanted for questioning.
Investigators believe the feuding groups were in two vehicles, Wells said. One of the vehicles, a white sedan, was seen leaving the shopping center and heading south on Flakes Mill Road, she said.
A photo of the white sedan was also released.
Credit: DeKalb County Police Department
Credit: DeKalb County Police Department
According to Wells, family members of one of the teenage victims may have been involved in a shooting later Sunday outside Grady Memorial Hospital. Atlanta police said the family got into a dispute near the entrance to the emergency department, and two more people were shot.
One of those victims was killed, and another was in critical condition Monday and being treated at Grady.
Investigators believe they are looking for three shooters in the Atlanta incident, including two who ran from the scene. Everyone involved was part of the same family, according to Atlanta police Deputy Chief Charles Hampton.
“What we do know is the incident started in DeKalb County, and some family members from that incident showed up outside Grady emergency room,” Hampton told reporters from the scene. “There was a dispute and that then escalated to gunfire.”
Anyone with information on either shooting is asked to contact police. Tipsters can remain anonymous, and be eligible for rewards of up to $2,000, by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, texting information to 274637 or visiting the Crime Stoppers website.
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