Atlanta, GA
16-year-old girl injured in shooting, chase through Downtown Atlanta
Teen injured in capturing, chase by means of Downtown Atlanta
Police say the 16-year-old sufferer was driving together with her greatest buddy in Atlanta when the buddy’s ex-boyfriend pulled up subsequent to them and began capturing.
ATLANTA – Police are trying to find a gunman in a home dispute that led to a chase by means of Downtown Atlanta.
Officers inform FOX 5 a 16-year-old lady is now recovering within the hospital Tuesday morning and that she was not the gunman’s meant goal.
At round 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to the intersection of Northside Drive and Magnolia Avenue after stories of an individual shot.
Once they bought to the scene, police discovered a 16-year-old lady with a gunshot wound inside a close-by automobile.
In line with investigators, the incident started on the 2300 block of Metropolitan Parkway when the sufferer and her 19-year-old greatest buddy had been driving in a automotive collectively.
Sooner or later, police say the 19-year-old’s ex-boyfriend pulled up subsequent to them and began capturing – resulting in a chase by means of Downtown that ended on the aforementioned intersection 5 miles away.
“Officers met up with the 16-year-old who was shot. She was truly the unintended goal. We later found it was her greatest buddy’s ex-boyfriend who’s the alleged suspect right now,” a spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Division informed FOX 5.
{The teenager} is alert, acutely aware, and respiration, and speaking to police at a neighborhood hospital.
Officers haven’t recognized the victims or the suspect within the capturing.
When you have any data that would assist with the investigation, name the Atlanta Police Division.