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Man shot at fast-food restaurant in DeKalb County

A man was shot at a fast-food restaurant in DeKalb County. Officials are investigating the incident. (Credit: Henri Hollis / Henri.Hollis@ajc.com)

Credit: Henri Hollis

Credit: Henri Hollis

A man was shot at a fast-food restaurant in DeKalb County. Officials are investigating the incident. (Credit: Henri Hollis / Henri.Hollis@ajc.com)
By Liset Cruz
Updated April 23, 2022

A man was shot at a McDonald’s located off Wesley Chapel Road in DeKalb County and was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, police said.

The DeKalb County Police Department responded to the fast-food restaurant around 8:30 p.m. Friday. At the scene, police found a man in his 40s in the parking lot with a gunshot wound.

The investigation is ongoing. The man’s identity has not been released.

The incident occurred near the scene of a shooting earlier this month. Golden Glide Skating Rink, less than a half-mile from the McDonald’s, is where 11-year-old D’Mari Johnson was shot April 9. The boy is in a medically induced coma. A teen was arrested Wednesday in connection with the shooting that occurred outside the skating rink.

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Liset Cruz is an intern for Atlanta Now. She is a senior at the University of Georgia majoring in journalism and sociology with minors in Latinx studies and human services. She aspires to become an investigative reporter and cover politics, crime, immigration and civil rights.

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