1 dead, 1 critical after shooting at Atlanta park, police say

Gunfire erupted at an Atlanta park Saturday night, leaving one man dead and another in critical condition, according to authorities.

Atlanta police responded around 8:15 p.m. to Coan Park in the 1500 block of Woodbine Avenue after getting a call about a shooting.

The park is just north of Memorial Drive in the Kirkwood neighborhood.

When officers arrived, they found a man shot in the head and another suffering from several gunshot wounds, police said. Anthony Pearson, 33, died at the scene and was identified by the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office.

“The male who sustained an apparent gunshot wound to his head was pronounced deceased on scene by medical personnel, while the other male was transported to the hospital in critical condition,” police said.

A motive is unclear and no other information was provided by authorities about what led to the shooting.