Atlanta, GA
City leaders reach out to Adamsville residents after deadly Atlanta park shooting
Neighborhood leaders maintain walk-through after lethal park capturing
Members of 1 southwest Atlanta group gathered the night after a lethal capturing at Wilson Mill Park. They have been joined by prime brass from the Atlanta Police Division and members of the Atlanta Metropolis Council.
ATLANTA – Investigators with the Atlanta Police Division are following a number of leads in a lethal capturing that passed off in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood Tuesday evening.
Interim Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum and different metropolis leaders met with residents on Wednesday for a walk-and-talk at Wilson Mill Park to reply questions and handle their issues about security.
“When one thing like this occurred, it’s stunning, so for them to know that they’ve the assist of the Atlanta Police Division is essential to us,” Chief Schierbaum mentioned.
District 10 Metropolis Council member Andrea L. Boone mentioned residents in Adamsville are taking steps to take their neighborhood again after the capturing that left one man lifeless.
“The exercise that occurred final evening just isn’t what we all know in our group,” she defined.
Boone, who lives only a few doorways down from the place it occurred, mentioned it’s not the primary capturing on the park nestled between a college and the neighborhood.
“There was a capturing July twenty fourth, and now August 2nd, which was a murder, which implies issues are starting to escalate within the metropolis of Atlanta, proper right here at Wilson Mill Park,” she mentioned.
Interim Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum meets with residents within the Adamsville neighborhood on August 3, 2022. (FOX 5)
Longtime resident SJ Tuck mentioned for greater than 50 years, he’s walked the park to train. On a variety of his more moderen walks, he instructed metropolis leaders he’s seen shell casings.
“Of the 53 years, I believe that is the very first homicide I’ve heard within the park up right here,” he said. “Down close to the car parking zone, there’s bullet casings, there on many various events, it’s not only one time. I’ve seen it many various instances now.”
Whereas APD detectives proceed their investigation into the capturing, Chief Schierbaum requested residents for his or her assist, to be the eyes and ears of the group, the place the common age of residents is 75 years outdated.
They’re asking anybody with info to name Crime Stoppers Atlanta.
Chief Schierbaum mentioned they couldn’t share any further particulars in regards to the investigation, however mentioned investigators don’t consider there’s any current hazard to the group.
He additionally mentioned he and the Atlanta Parks and Recreation Director Justin Cutler are persevering with talks about methods to make the town’s parks a safer place.