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Cops: Woman shot in NW Atlanta, found at gas station in critical condition

A gray Jeep was part of Tuesday's investigation outside a Citgo.

Credit: John Spink

Credit: John Spink

A gray Jeep was part of Tuesday's investigation outside a Citgo.
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Nov 2, 2021

Atlanta police are investigating after a woman was found seriously injured from a gunshot wound early Tuesday morning at a northwest Atlanta gas station.

The shooting occurred along Sandy Creek Drive, but police responded to a Citgo gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive shortly before 2 a.m. regarding the wounded woman. She was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Her name was not released.

Authorities did not say how the woman got to the gas station.

Credit: John Spink

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Credit: John Spink

A gray Jeep was part of the crime scene and investigators had its doors open. Authorities did not say if the woman drove the Jeep from Sandy Creek Drive to the gas station or if she was found inside it.

Police said witnesses at the gas station were cooperative but did not say if they saw the shooting. Though the woman had not died, homicide detectives were sent to investigate the crime scene.

— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.

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