Southeast Atlanta shooting leaves 2 dead, police say

A shooting in southeast Atlanta on Sunday afternoon has left two people dead, according to police.

Officers were called at 12:25 p.m. to the area of the 180 block of Moury Avenue in the Villages at Carver apartment complex, where they found the two teens with gunshot wounds, a news release states. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

The victims were identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as 17-year-old JaMarquez McCrary and 18-year-old Nyriek Olds.

No other details about the victims or the circumstances of the shooting were released.

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