According to Fulton County officials, at about 11:30 a.m. on Election Day a voter in Atlanta was shot in the precinct parking lot after voting.
The poll manager at the polling location at Lindsay Street Baptist Church at 550 Lindsay St reported that a voter was shot in the church parking lot after leaving the poll.
According to Atlanta Police Dept. Public Affairs Officer Lisa Bender, officers on the scene found a deceased female on the scene. “The preliminary investigation indicates this was a suicide,” Bender said in a statement.
The parking lot to the voting precinct was blocked for a short time while police were on site, but the location remained accessible by foot.
Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
