2 men shot, killed in NW Atlanta neighborhood

Two men in their 20s were fatally shot in northwest Atlanta late Sunday night, according to authorities.

Police said they got a call around 11:30 p.m. about shots fired at a home in the 3800 block of Old Gordon Road in the Old Gordon neighborhood just outside the I-285 perimeter.

Officers and paramedics arrived to find that both men had been shot multiple times, officials said. Both victims died at the scene. Their names were not released.

“There is a connection to Mableton with the suspect that we’re trying to go through video footage,” Atlanta police homicide commander Lt. Andrew Smith said.

Officials said the shooting was a result of an ongoing conflict between the victims and the suspect or another group.

No other details have been released by police.

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