At least three people were shot and killed Saturday morning in Atlanta, police said.
The first incident occurred around 4:45 a.m. in the 700 block of Pryor Street, a residential area south of Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard and west of I-85 in southwest Atlanta. Officials said the victim was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle while officers were responding.
Police found the 29-year-old man at the hospital, dead from a gunshot wound, according to authorities. He was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as Dequavious Hillman.
The second shooting occurred around 9:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Bolton Road, an area just north of I-20 and outside I-285. Officers said they found two men who had sustained gunshot wounds.
They were both pronounced dead at the scene and identified by the county’s medical examiner as Leonard Bridges, 61, and Jerome Johnson, 66.
On Sunday, police said they arrested Leatories Carter in connection with the double shooting. The 52-year-old was booked into the Fulton jail on charges of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
No information was provided on the suspect in the earlier shooting or what led to the incidents.
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