Two men were shot Thursday night during an attempted robbery across from Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta, according to police.
Shortly before 10:30 p.m., officers were called to the rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue, where they found a man who had been shot in his abdomen, authorities said. Around the same time and just around the block, they found the second victim along Myrtle Street. He had also been shot in his abdomen.
Both men were described as alert when they were taken to a hospital, police said.
The shooting had taken place a block to the west on 10th Street, directly across from the city’s premiere park, according to a police statement. Investigators believe the robbery suspects sped away in a vehicle before the first officers arrived.
The incident remains under investigation, and no further information on the suspects was released.
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