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The fatal victim in the shooting outside an Atlanta shopping center was 12 years old

2022-11-28T04:51:02.198Z


“When a 12-year-old boy dies in our city, on the streets of our city... the entire town has a responsibility and the entire town is affected,” the city's mayor said.


By Julianne McShane -

NBC News

All the victims of a shooting Saturday night near a popular shopping destination in Atlanta, Georgia, were minors, including a 12-year-old boy who died.

Five were injured, authorities reported on Sunday.

Mayor Andre Dickens confirmed the ages of the victims at an afternoon press conference, local station WXIA, an affiliate of our sister network NBC News, reported.

Some were Atlanta public school students.

And one of them is in critical condition after the attack.

"When a 12-year-old boy dies in our city, on the streets of our city...the whole town bears a responsibility and the whole town is affected," Dickens said, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Atlanta police respond to a shooting near a shopping center on November 26, 2022.WXIA

Officer Anthony Grant, representing the Atlanta Police Department, told NBC News that all of the victims involved in the shooting were minors.

Grant said the official incident report specifying the ages of the injured is still being processed.

No information was immediately available on a possible suspect, Grant explained, adding that the incident is still under investigation.

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Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum also reported Sunday that all those involved knew each other, according to WXIA.

The shooting occurred during one of the weekends in which more people go shopping at the free mall Atlantic Station, one of the most popular in the city.

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The shooting erupted at an adjacent freeway overpass off Downtown Connector Avenue near 17th Street after off-duty officers and mall security escorted a group of teens off the premises for unruly behavior. and violations of mall rules, according to WXIA and comments made at a news conference by police Lt. Germain Dearlove.

The Atlantic Station website notes that minors visiting the mall must be accompanied by their parent or guardian after 3:00 p.m., and that groups of four or more youth will be "dispersed."

A witness to the shooting told WXIA that up to 30 shots were heard.

Source: telemundo

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