UPDATED: One Dead, Another Critically Injured in North Avenue Shooting
Atlanta police were responding to a 911 call concerning illegal gambling in Old Fourth Ward when “at least 20 shots were fired” during the incident in which two men in their 20s were hit.
OLD FOURTH WARD — One man is dead and another is in critical condition following a barrage of bullets at the North Plaza strip center near the intersection of North Avenue and Boulevard late Monday evening. "Zone 6 officers responded to a gambling call at 628 Boulevard NE. When the officers arrived on scene they heard gunshots from the direction of 455 North Avenue," Atlanta Police Department spokeswoman Officer Kim Jones said. "A black male ran to the officers with a gunshot wound to the torso. That male was transported to Grady Memorial hospital where he is listed in critical condition." A second victim was transported from the intersection of Boulevard and North Avenue by Grady EMS to the Atlanta Medical Center where he was pronounced …
Carlos
8:09 am on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The entire stretch of Boulevard from Ponce to the Atlanta Medical Center is full of Section 8 vagrants. This part of the city runs right up to the new Old Fourth Ward Park, which likely explains the increase in robberies on the beltline. A new Zone 6 police precinct might help, but there's a long way to go. The truth is, these things will continue to occur until the Section 8 housing along the … more ›