Atlanta park shooting: 1 killed, 5 others injured including 6-year-old child

An argument at a park in southwest Atlanta Sunday night led to a lethal mass taking pictures by which six folks had been shot, together with a 6-year-old who was critically injured.

Officers responded to reviews of an individual shot at Dunbar Recreation Middle inside Rosa L. Burney Park at round 7 p.m., Atlanta Police mentioned. They discovered a number of folks shot once they arrived on the scene.

A baseball or softball recreation was being performed on the park when the taking pictures passed off.

“There was some sort of baseball or softball recreation occurring on the park. There was an argument that ensued and the following factor you already know, there was an trade in gunfire,” Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. mentioned Sunday.

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The victims of the taking pictures embody a person in his 30s who was killed and a 6-year-old in essential situation, Hampton Jr. mentioned. 

The kid was transported to the Youngsters’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Egleston Hospital for therapy, police mentioned.

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A baseball or softball recreation was being performed on the park when the taking pictures passed off.
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“As we have mentioned numerous instances, we’re simply asking the residents simply to discover a solution to resolve battle with out weapons,” Hampton Jr. mentioned.

“We’re simply asking folks to, you already know, step away. We’re asking folks simply to let bygones be bygones,” he continued.

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A 6-year-old little one was critically injured and a person in his 30s was killed in a taking pictures at an Atlanta park on Sunday.
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No arrests have been made in reference to the taking pictures. Details about a possible suspect was not made accessible.