Girl, 8, shot during party in Atlanta
An 8-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder during a party on Fairburn Road in Atlanta Saturday night.
Witnesses told police that people began shooting during the party and the girl was struck. Security guards on the scene said two black males fired shots then fled in a white Nissan Altima. They described one of the males as 5’6” tall, 145 pounds and wearing a white T-shirt and blue basketball shorts.
The shooting happened about 8:45 p.m.
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Dan Klepal is editor of the local government team, supervising nine reporters covering county and municipal governments and metro Atlanta. Klepal came to the AJC in 2012, after a long career covering city halls in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky. He has covered Gwinnett and Cobb counties before spending three years on the investigative team.
