Cobb County police responded to two shootings Friday night, including one that started as an altercation at a high school basketball game.
Kibren Moore, 18, was shot just after 9:45 p.m. in the area of Old Alabama Road and Pisgah Road, Cobb County police said in a news release. Pebblebrook High School is near that intersection, and the school hosted Westlake High School on Friday night. The game started at 7:30 p.m.
Moore was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, consisting of a gunshot wound to his shoulder, the release said.
AJC.com has reached out to the Fulton County and Cobb County school districts to try to learn more about this incident and those involved.
The second shooting happened in the 6000 block of Factory Shoals Road around 7:20 p.m., where Michael Davis, 25, of Jonesboro, was shot at while driving his car in a parking lot, the release said.
Multiple shots hit his car, and one hit him, the release said. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect is believed to have driven off in a white Mercedes, but no description of the suspect was given.
Police are investigating both shootings, and anyone with information is asked to contact police at 770-499-3945 or at cobbpolicecrimetips@cobbcounty.org.
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