Police are investigating a double shooting in northwest Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the preliminary information, a juvenile and a man were shot at 2591 Etheridge Dr. NW, Atlanta police spokesman Officer Ralph Woolfolk said.

Authorities told Channel 2 Action News that stray bullets hit a 9-year-old and an adult.

Both victims were alert, breathing and conscious, and were taken to a hospital, he said.

They are expected to be all right, according to Channel 2.

Witness Anthony Roman Jr. told Channel 2 that someone trying to break up a fight fired the shots.

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A rendering of the columbarium memorial that is estimated to be completed by next summer or fall in the southeast part of Oakland Cemetery, officials said. (Courtesy of Historic Oakland Foundation)

Credit: Historic Oakland Foundation