Inside the restaurant, she realized she had been shot in the foot. She ran inside the Hobnob Tavern on 18th Street, she told officers. 8, that woman told investigators she had just left the Bowlero bowling alley when she heard gunshots, an incident report states. Ten days before the 30-year-old woman was shot in her SUV at Atlantic Station, another woman was shot in the same area, according to police. “I’m just lucky I was only hit three times.” “I was just in the middle,” the woman said. Investigators found several shell casings at the scene, at the intersection of 17th and State streets. The woman believes people in two other cars were shooting at each other shortly before midnight and she was caught in the crossfire. 18, a 30-year-old woman, who asked not to be named fearing for her safety, was shot three times while inside her SUV, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported. In recent weeks, Atlantic Station has been the site of other shootings, though none are believed to be related. Shootings and a rise in crime in the area prompted the curfew to be moved back to 3 p.m., rather than 6 p.m. curfew was put in place for Atlantic Station, requiring all minors to be accompanied by an adult after that time.Ī curfew for minors had already been in place at Atlantic Station for years. Police asked anyone who was in the area Saturday night to submit photos or videos, including cellphone, doorbell or vehicle dash camera footage, that could help with the investigation.ĭickens said he spoke with the parents of each of the victims, who he said hadn’t known where their children were Saturday night or that Atlantic Station had a curfew for minors. The night of the shooting, a team of 36 officers and security guards, including off-duty Atlanta police officers, was patrolling Atlanta Station, according to a spokeswoman for the retail and residential district. Explore 1 dead, 5 others shot near Atlantic Station, police say the whole village has a responsibility, and the whole village is impacted,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said at a Sunday morning news conference, where he was joined by Police Chief Darin Schierbaum and Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Herring. “When a 12-year-old dies in our city - on our city streets. One of those victims was in critical condition. All five of the injured were under 18, city leaders said Sunday. “Let me be very clear to those who would want to do crime in our community, if you pull a gun, or pull out a knife to harm someone in our city, you will be arrested and sent to jail,” Dickens said.Zyion died at the scene, according to police. Police said 23-year-old Antonio Brown was taken into custody after Eleanor Bowles was killed at her townhome over the weekend.Ītlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said he will not tolerate these sorts of crimes in metro Atlanta.
‘I don’t have him no more’: Family remembers 12-year-old killed in shooting near Atlantic Stationġ2-year-old boy identified as victim killed in shooting near Atlantic Station, mayor saysįamily, coach of teen killed in Atlantic Station shooting say he was ‘good kid,’ Olympic hopefulĪtlanta police announced in the same news conference Monday night that they have made an arrest in connection to another murder, the stabbing death of a 77-year-old woman in Buckhead. Mother of 12-year-old boy shot, killed near Atlantic Station begged for help from Atlanta police Suspects caught on camera ‘celebrating’ after deadly Atlantic Station shooting, police say The teen has not been identified because he or she is a juvenile. Police said the teen has been charged with being a party to murder and aggravated assault, along with gang charges.
Police said Monday that a third suspect, a 16-year-old from Clayton County, has also been arrested. Last week, police announced the arrests of two teens, identified only as 15- and 16-year-old Atlanta Public Schools students, in the murders. Police said they believed the shooting was gang-related. Police said they believe Jackson was the intended target and that Charles may have been killed in the crossfire. Zyion Charles, 12, and Cameron Jackson, 15, were killed during a shooting that broke out on the 17th Street Bridge on Nov. Atlanta police have arrested a third teenager in the shooting deaths of two boys near Atlantic Station last month.
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