Suspect in Custody After Shooting at Atlanta Warming Center That Wounded Two
Police say the violence followed a dispute inside the facility operating overnight as a city warming center.
Overview
- Shots were fired shortly before 10 a.m. at the Central Park Recreation Center at 400 Merritts Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward.
- Atlanta police report that an argument inside the warming center preceded the gunfire.
- An off-duty Atlanta police officer working security fired one shot during the incident, prompting a Georgia Bureau of Investigation review.
- Two people were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with gunshot wounds and are expected to survive.
- The detained suspect was also transported for a non-gunshot injury as investigators work to determine what led to the shooting.