Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

11-year-old critically injured in shooting at DeKalb skating rink

An 11-year-old boy was critically injured in a shooting at the Golden Glide skating rink on Wesley Chapel Road shortly after midnight Sunday, according to police.
An 11-year-old boy was critically injured in a shooting at the Golden Glide skating rink on Wesley Chapel Road shortly after midnight Sunday, according to police.
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April 10, 2022

An 11-year-old boy was critically injured in a shooting at a DeKalb County skating rink Sunday, according to police.

Officers were called to the Golden Glide skating rink at 2750 Wesley Chapel Road just before 1 a.m., according to a DeKalb police news release. There, they found the boy with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

He was identified by family on social media as D’Mari Johnson.

Investigators are working to interview witnesses and obtain surveillance footage from nearby businesses, police said. No other details about the victim or suspect, nor the circumstances of the shooting, were released.

Anyone with information is asked to call DeKalb police investigators at 770-724-7850.

— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.

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