Shots fired at same West Midtown parking deck where woman was killed
Atlanta police are investigating a shooting Thursday morning at the same parking deck in West Midtown where a 26-year-old woman was killed last month.
Shattered glass could be seen in the deck at the Mark at West Midtown on Bishop Street, and at least one vehicle took gunfire. Police responded around 2:30 a.m. and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds.
He was alert when he was taken to a hospital, police said in a statement.
Late last month, Morgan Lawrence was found unresponsive in the parking deck after being shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
No other information regarding her death has been released, and it was not clear if the two shootings were connected.
“I cannot confirm if both are related as the investigation continues,” a police spokesperson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The apartment building is located in Loring Heights, which borders the popular Atlantic Station development. Rent for a one-bedroom apartment starts at $1,700 a month. There was no security guard on duty in the parking deck when the shots were fired Thursday morning, Channel 2 Action News reported.
An employee who answered the phone Thursday morning at the Mark at West Midtown declined to comment.
On Thursday afternoon, the property management company for the complex told the AJC that it was taking precautions recommended by Atlanta police and weighing additional security measures.
“We are concerned about our residents and activities in the area,” said Jenifer Paneral, executive vice president for Dayrise Residential. “We’re looking at other options, but nothing I could really discuss at this particular point in time.”
— Staff writer David Aaro contributed to this article.
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