Man shot while driving on Downtown Connector, police say
A man showed up at Grady Memorial Hospital early Sunday morning with a gunshot wound he’d received while driving on the Downtown Connector, according to Atlanta police.
Officers were called to the hospital just before 3:30 a.m. and met with the victim, a 35-year-old man whom they described as alert, according to a statement from police. Investigators said he’d been driving south on the busy interstate near Langford Parkway when he heard gunfire and realized he was injured.
No other details were released about the incident. It is not clear if the man was the intended target of the gunfire.
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