Bloodshed and gunshots closed out the year in metro Atlanta this weekend, with a rash of shootings reported the last hours of 2023. Two people died and several others were injured, including a 13-year-old.
Among the reports of violence being investigated by police are these:
— A man died after being found following a Saturday night shooting at a complex along Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta, according to Atlanta police. Officers responded around 10 p.m. and the man was pronounced dead at an address that appeared to correspond to the Southwood Vista Apartment Homes.
— At 1:40 a.m. Sunday, DeKalb County officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 4100 block of Flat Shoals Road. They found a 33-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound in a grassy area just off the road, according to police.
— A 13-year-old boy was shot in the back and taken to Emory Hillandale Hospital, where police responded at 3 a.m. Sunday. Police believe he may have been at his home on Fairington Club Drive when multiple shots were fired from outside into the Stonecrest residence, striking the victim. His injuries were considered non-life-threatening, according to police.
— A man was shot early Sunday morning while Atlanta police said he was trying to break into a home on Richardson Street in southwest Atlanta. Police said they responded to the incident at 3:13 a.m. As officers began to investigate, they learned the male “had entered the location illegally. An occupant of the home was awakened as the male entered her room. The occupant then retrieved a firearm and shot the intruder.” Police said they charged the male with burglary, and he is being held in Grady Detention.
— Atlanta police responded to reports of shots fired around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 186 Andrew Young International Boulevard, a downtown address that appears to be Centennial Olympic Park. One man was found wounded and was taken to the hospital where he was alert, according to police. Officers learned another man also had been shot in the incident and was also hospitalized.
— DeKalb police investigated a 24-year-old man found on Chapel Park Drive with gunshot wounds early Saturday morning, according to Channel 2 Action News. He reported being shot by an unknown person while he was driving by a house a block away on Wesley View. His injuries were not believed to be life threatening.
— DeKalb police on Saturday were investigating a man who reportedly was shot as he exited a MARTA bus on Hillandale Drive. The 47-year-old’s injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.
— In Covington, a man ended up in the hospital after a shooting Saturday evening outside a Walmart on Salem Road, according to Channel 2. An altercation apparently occurred between a man and woman inside the store, then the man was approached by the woman’s son in the parking lot. The woman’s son allegedly shot the man in each leg, according to the news station.
— In Cobb County, a female was charged Saturday with aggravated assault related to the shooting of a man in the leg the day before, according to a spokesman. The injuries were not life threatening, and no further details were immediately available about the location or timing of the incident.
— Also in Cobb, a male was injured Saturday when he accidentally shot himself in the leg, according to law enforcement. He was expected to survive.
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