Crime & Safety
Double-Shooting in SE Atlanta, One Person Hit
Two separate shooting incidents; unclear if they are related.
At least one person was shot Saturday night in the Eastland Heights community in unincorporated DeKalb County.
The victim in that shooting, which occurred near the Shell gas station at Eastland Road and Custer Avenue, suffered a graze wound according to Atlanta police.
Further details in that shooting were unavailable. Though it occurred in DeKalb County and not the Atlanta city limits, Atlanta police were at that intersection securing that crime scene, waiting for DeKalb investigators to show up.
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By 2:15 a.m. — at least 45 minutes since that shooting — DeKalb investigators still hadn't shown up.
The Eastland Heights incident followed another shooting at the Texaco filling station just 0.8 of a mile up Eastland Road at Bouldercrest Drive in East Atlanta.
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That incident happened at about 11:40 p.m. with shots being fired, Atlanta police said.
It wasn't immediately known if the two incidents are related, but no one was injured in the Texaco shooting.
Please return for updates as they become available.
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