Police were searching for a gunman Sunday after two people were shot on a MARTA train.
The shooting occurred on a MARTA train traveling southbound toward the East Point station at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
MARTA Police Major Timothy Maddox told 11Alive that EMS officials treated one victim, who faced a gunshot wound in the neck, on the spot, and the other, who was shot in the chest, was transported to Grady Hospital and is undergoing surgery.
Officials said both victims were alert.
Maddox said investigators believe the shooting might have occurred during an attempted robbery.
While law enforcement investigates, MARTA police said that trains will use a single track from the Lakewood station to the East Point station.
The number of robberies on MARTA property increased last year after several years of decline. There were 34 robberies reported, according to MARTA crime statistics.
In the first three months of 2025, there were four robberies, equal to the comparable time period a year earlier. Overall, serious crimes were down 35%, Police Chief Scott Kreher told the MARTA Board of Directors last month.
The number of calls for service has stayed about the same, with MARTA police averaging 384 calls per day this year compared to 351 a year earlier.
But police are making more arrests and issuing more suspensions, Kreher said. He said the department had gotten “standoff-ish” during the COVID-19 pandemic and the years that followed.
“Those days are over,” Kreher told the board
MARTA police made 142% more arrests in the first three months of 2025 than in 2025, according to data he shared with the board. Police issued 85% more suspensions.
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