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Two people shot, killed in NW Atlanta

An unidentified woman cries at the scene of a fatal shooting on Hollywood Road in northwest Atlanta on Thursday night, May 14, 2015. BRANDEN CAMP / SPECIAL
An unidentified woman cries at the scene of a fatal shooting on Hollywood Road in northwest Atlanta on Thursday night, May 14, 2015. BRANDEN CAMP / SPECIAL
May 15, 2015

Two people were killed in a Thursday night shooting in northwest Atlanta.

Atlanta police spokesman Officer Ralph Woolfolk said both individuals were shot in the 1000 block of Hollywood Road.

Initial reports were that one victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Just before 11 p.m., Woolfolk confirmed that the second victim had died.

Neither victim was identified Thursday night. The original call came in around 9:50 p.m.

No further information was immediately available.

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