A shooting at a DeKalb County gas station left a man dead shortly after midnight Tuesday, the second fatal shooting of the Memorial Day weekend in metro Atlanta.
DeKalb police were called to a Chevron on Redan Road and found a man with a gunshot wound, police said. The man, who has not been identified publicly, was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Police did not release any other details about the victim or if any suspects have been identified.
At least 14 other people were shot in the metro area since Friday evening, including three other deaths.
Just hours before the Redan Road shooting, around 9:15 p.m. Monday, a couple were walking into a Midtown apartment building at 1270 Spring Street when gunfire erupted, according to an Atlanta police news release. The woman realized her boyfriend had been struck, and they rushed to a hospital. Police have not released any other details about the victim, whether he was the intended target or if any suspects have been identified.
Beginning Friday around 7:20 p.m., five people were injured in shootings over the course of nine hours, including one in which two women were shot at the Butler Recreation Center.
Then on Saturday night, a man was shot and killed at a Camp Creek shopping plaza. The victim, who has been publicly identified only as a man in his 30s, had just walked out of a barbershop around 8:30 p.m. when he was shot, police said, adding that it was a targeted incident following a dispute in the parking lot.
By 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 17-year-old Brian Veronica and 19-year-old Luis Veronica had been found shot to death in a vehicle at a Dunwoody apartment complex. Alexis Hernandez, 17, was arrested and charged with murder. Police did not disclose any details about what led up to the shooting.
Four other men were shot in separate incidents Sunday night and Monday afternoon. Police have released few details about those shootings.
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