Woman dead, 2 injured after shooting at SW Atlanta apartment complex

A woman was shot to death and two other people were injured during an attack at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex, officials said.

Two armed men reportedly attacked the three victims during a home invasion at the Vista Adams Apartments, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Atlanta police were sent to the complex in the 1900 block of Delowe Drive about 6 a.m. Wednesday after someone reported that a person had been shot, police spokesman James White said. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been shot in the head, White said. She was taken to a hospital, but did not survive.

Next at noon: Atlanta Police say a woman was shot in the head here at Vista Adams Apts in SW Atlanta, she was transported to the hospital but did not survive her injuries. Investigators say a woman & a man were also attacked, one pistol whipped by two men armed with guns. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/SEodaA5MBi
— Kristen Holloway (@KHollowayTV) August 21, 2019

Investigators determined that the armed men forced everyone into the apartment where the shooting took place, Atlanta police spokeswoman Lt. Andrea Webster told Channel 2.

A woman and man both had non-life-threatening injuries related to the same incident, White said. One of those was pistol-whipped, Channel 2 reported.

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The location was on the steps of a library used by Clark Atlanta University, Spelman and Morehouse students.

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