2 in critical condition after shooting at Clayton County apartments

Two men were critically injured in a shooting outside a Clayton County apartment complex Tuesday morning, police said.

The victims were lying in the front yard of a building at the Riverwood Townhouses on Flint River Road west of Jonesboro when officers arrived shortly before 2:30 a.m. According to Clayton County police spokesman Officer Jordan Parrish, the men were responsive before being taken to a hospital.

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Credit: JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

“At this time, we’re in the very early stages of our preliminary investigation,” Parrish told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from the scene. “So, yes, we are looking for suspects, but we don’t have much to go off being that the victims were in critical condition at the time of arrival.”

Detectives were still working to learn the circumstances surrounding the shooting. It was not clear if the victims were residents of the complex, or why they were shot, Parrish said. Both are adults, but their ages are unknown.

“We’re looking at all angles, looking for anything that we can hone in to ascertain persons of interest, to be able to come up with a suspect, or multiple suspects,” he said.

Credit: JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Credit: JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

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