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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.