A man is dead and 10 other people were injured when a shooting broke out in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood, according to police.
The incident, the latest amid a violent string of weekend shootings, happened around 1:30 a.m. Monday at 349 Edgewood Avenue near the intersection with Hilliard Street, officials said. When police arrived, they found a 27-year-old man lying on the ground with serious injuries. He did not survive.
Atlanta police Chief Darin Schierbaum said that 10 other victims, whose ages range from 18 to 29, were rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where at least one of them was in surgery overnight. The others were described by police as stable.
Authorities have released few details about the incident, including what prompted the shooting. No other information has been shared about the victims.
Atlanta has seen a decline in gun violence this summer, Schierbaum said, until this weekend. The Edgewood Avenue shooting was just one of at least a dozen shootings across the city that left 29 people injured and two people dead, the chief added.
“When I look at what connected them, they played out throughout various parts of the city, but none (are) connected to the other, other than individuals had guns when they were angry,” he said.
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