Atlanta, GA
Gunshot victims hid in dorm following shooting at Atlanta University Center, police say
Suspect who fired photographs close to Clark Atlanta campus nonetheless on the run, police say
Atlanta police mentioned the taking pictures occurred close to the intersection of Beckwith Avenue and James P. Brawley Drive. FOX 5’s Joi Dukes talked to the scholars who have been there when the photographs have been fired.
ATLANTA – College students bumped into their dormitory, in search of cowl, and police discovered a person mendacity on the bottom in ache following a taking pictures throughout a music efficiency at Atlanta College Heart close to the Clark Atlanta College campus Saturday night time.
The taking pictures occurred within the space of James P. Brawley Drive close to the Robert W. Woodruff Library throughout Clark Atlanta’s homecoming weekend. An Atlanta Police Division report mentioned somebody opened fireplace and scattered a crowd of scholars at round 12:30 a.m. the place a DJ had been taking part in for about an hour.
Police are searching for a minimum of two suspects, however do not know what they seem like or why the taking pictures began.
A complete of 4 folks have been harm, together with two folks shot in entrance of a college library whereas listening to a DJ. They ducked for canopy and bumped into their dorm, in keeping with an Atlanta Police Division report. Police mentioned one sufferer, Travis Mayfield, realized he’d been shot within the foot and the opposite sufferer, Damarion Seaton, seen he’d been shot in the best buttock. Each obtained therapy at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Police additionally discovered Liam Wuestman laying on his abdomen with a gunshot wound to his left buttock. The responding officer mentioned he was in a lot ache that he could not present particulars on the taking pictures to police on the scene earlier than an ambulance took him to Grady. A pal instructed police Wuestman bent over and began visibly bleeding after gunshots rang out.
One other man, Josiah Udell, instructed police a bullet flew by his automobile window and hit his steering wheel whereas he was at a cease signal.
Police initially detained 4 folks in a BMW with 4 folks inside however launched them after looking out their automobile.
A spokesperson for Clark Atlanta despatched this assertion:
“The security of our college students stays our prime precedence.
“The incident in query didn’t occur on the campus of Clark Atlanta College moderately, off campus on the 100 block of Walnut Avenue.
“Upon receipt of the report from the scholar concerned, Clark Atlanta Public Security instantly initiated an investigation into the matter.
“Presently, the investigation is pending as a result of want for added info.
“Clark Atlanta College will proceed to work intently with Atlanta Police and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace to extend police visibility within the Zone 1 Space.”