Overview
- The 13-year-old was found conscious and breathing after being struck just before 4 a.m. Sunday inside a unit at 942 Hank Aaron Drive SE and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
- Atlanta police say bullets were fired into the apartment from outside and investigators are treating the incident as a targeted shooting while they continue an active probe.
- Authorities have not released a suspect description, a motive, the number of shots fired, or any arrests as detectives process the scene and gather evidence.
- Family members said siblings were inside the apartment during the shooting and that the boy later learned he was hit when he noticed a wound; the boy was later released to recover at home, according to local reporting.
- The attack is the second time gunfire has struck the same complex, and residents and the family have demanded better on-site security after an earlier September 2025 drive-by left several teens wounded.