Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Police: Man shot as result of attempted robbery in southeast Atlanta

A man was shot after what investigators believe to be an attempted robbery. The man was taken to the hospital for treatment. (Credit: Henri Hollis / Henri.Hollis@ajc.com)

Credit: Henri Hollis

Credit: Henri Hollis

A man was shot after what investigators believe to be an attempted robbery. The man was taken to the hospital for treatment. (Credit: Henri Hollis / Henri.Hollis@ajc.com)
By Liset Cruz
April 23, 2022

A man was shot and taken to a hospital to treat his injuries around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Atlanta Police Department said.

Police responded to a call of a person shot at the 700 block of Lee Andrews Drive in southeast Atlanta. Officers found a man with gunshot wounds, who was then taken to a hospital.

Investigators soon found that the shooting may have been the result of an attempted robbery, a news release states.

The identity of the man has not been released at this time, and the circumstances of the attempted robbery have not been disclosed as the investigation continues.

— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.

About the Author

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.

Follow Liset Cruz on twitter
More Stories

The Latest

A Spalding County woman who has been imprisoned the past 11 years for a child abuse conviction is entitled to a new trial, a judge has ruled. The case is set to be argued before the Georgia Supreme Court in November. (File)

Credit: TNS

Mother imprisoned more than a decade gets bond ahead of possible new trial

Fulton sheriff: ‘People will continue to die’ if city ends jail lease

‘Never had the evidence’: Georgia man acquitted of murder in twisty cold case

Featured

Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

Credit: NYT

Fani Willis loses last chance to stay at the helm of Trump Georgia election interference case

Georgia's top court declines to hear Fani Willis appeal in Trump case, meaning she can no longer pursue the election interference case.

Investigator: Ex-APD officer raped woman on duty, returned when she called 911

Fulton County Magistrate Judge Todd Ashley ruled there was enough evidence for the case to proceed against former officer Muhammad Muhammad.

Cobb County agency green lights tax break for Home Depot’s $140M project

The Development Authority of Cobb County voted 6-0 to give initial approval for Home Depot's request Tuesday but didn't disclose the property tax savings the company sought.