A woman was killed and a 15-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting inside Piedmont Park on the night of April 4, Atlanta police said.
What’s Happening: Officers responded to reports of gunfire in the park at about 9:03 p.m. and found two women with gunshot wounds. One woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The 15-year-old was alert and breathing when she was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
What We Know: Police said the shooting appears to have started at an unpermitted gathering near the far west end of the park. A permitted festival had ended on the opposite side of the park at about 7:45 p.m., roughly an hour and 15 minutes before the shooting. Police said there is no information connecting the shooting to that event.
The Path Forward: Atlanta police homicide investigators are working to determine exactly what happened. No arrests or suspect information have been made public. The 15-year-old victim’s condition has not been updated.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Atlanta police.
B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.
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