Overview
- Officers responded around 3:40 p.m. Thursday to the Villages of Cascade on Celeste Lane in southwest Atlanta after reports of gunfire.
- Police say the shooting occurred when a homeowner confronted juveniles taking packages from his porch during a suspected property crime.
- A 15-year-old was shot in the right foot, and a second teen was shot in the right arm, underwent surgery at Grady Memorial, and is expected to survive.
- Chief Darin Schierbaum said there was no home invasion, everyone involved has been identified, and there is no ongoing threat to the neighborhood.
- The homeowner was interviewed at police headquarters as the Aggravated Assault Unit executed a search warrant; a New York Post report names Rakim Bradford and cites charges, which have not been announced by police.