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Crime & Public Safety

4 teens shot at Cobb County apartment party

Police said there were about 30 people inside one unit when an argument broke out between guests and shots were fired.
Police said there were about 30 people inside one unit when an argument broke out between guests and shots were fired.
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Dec 28, 2019

Police are investigating after four teenagers were shot Friday evening during a party inside a Cobb County apartment.

Officers were sent to the Ashford Ridenour apartments near Kennesaw about 9:30 p.m., Cobb police spokeswoman Officer Sydney Melton said.

Police said there were about 30 people inside one unit when an argument broke out between guests and shots were fired.

Officers arrived to find a 17-year-old with a gunshot wound to his stomach, an 18-year-old with a gunshot wound to his leg, a 19-year-old who was shot in her shoulder and a 16-year-old who was shot in her finger, Melton said.

The victims were taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital and are expected to survive.

No suspects were arrested, but anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Cobb police at 770-499-3945.

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Other people were also threatened at the store in Rockdale County.

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