Two drivers were taken to Atlanta hospitals within hours of each other Saturday after the separate arguments they were involved in over driving both escalated into shootings.
Investigators said a woman was injured after another driver opened fire on her, and a man was rushed to a hospital after he was shot during an argument with a parking attendant.
The first of the incidents happened near the intersection of Mangum and Mitchell streets in southwest Atlanta about 7 p.m., police said in a statement. According to officers, the woman had gotten into an argument with a man who was driving a dark-colored SUV. When the fight escalated, the man shot at the woman’s car, striking her.
The woman was alert when she was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. The man then drove off. He has not been located.
About 8:30 p.m., officers were sent to the 300 block of Peters Street after a man was shot multiple times. That incident started when two cars were involved in a minor crash and the drivers pulled into a nearby parking lot to wait for police, officials said.
While they were waiting, the parking attendant for the lot got into an argument with one of the drivers “due to them taking up space in the lot,” police said.
At some point, multiple people came to the parking lot and opened fire on the man who was arguing with the parking attendant, police said. He was alert when medical services took him to a hospital.
“At this time, it is believed only one person was shot,” police said. “Investigators were notified and will be working to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting.”
Both investigations are ongoing.
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