A second man has died following a shooting at an Atlanta park Saturday, according to police.
The incident took place at Coan Park, just north of Memorial Drive in the Kirkwood neighborhood, in the late evening. Anthony Pearson, 33, died at the scene. The second man was identified Monday as 23-year-old Justin Minnitee by the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Atlanta police initially reported only two people had been shot. In a Tuesday news release, however, police said two more people were apparently struck by gunfire. Two women, ages 20 and 30, were stable at the scene but took themselves to the hospital, police said. Their identities have not been released.
When officers arrived, they found Pearson shot in the head and Minnitee suffering from several gunshot wounds, police said. Minnitee was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died, police said.
Pearson was attending an event for his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, when the gunfire broke out, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Police have not said what led to the shooting. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has requested the report from the incident.
This story has been updated to reflect additional information from Atlanta police that had not been provided previously.
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