A 17-year-old girl was shot when someone opened fire on her northwest Atlanta home Tuesday night, according to police.

Atlanta officers got a 911 call about a shooting around 9:45 p.m. in the 3600 block of Venus Place in the Carroll Heights neighborhood off Bolton Road, not far from Collier Park. When police arrived, they found the victim with a gunshot wound, the department said in a statement.

The teen was described as alert and taken to a hospital, police said. An update on her condition was not provided.

Investigators believe she was inside her home when gunfire came from outside. No other details have been released by police.

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