A 17-year-old was rushed to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after being shot in northwest Atlanta, adding another unsettling entry to the city’s growing list of teen-involved shootings this month.
Atlanta police said officers were called to 2533 Hood Ave. NW around 2:30 p.m., where they found the teenager with a gunshot wound. Medics took the teen to a hospital, and officials said the victim was alert, conscious and breathing at the scene as detectives began processing evidence and interviewing witnesses.
According to Atlanta News First, officers discovered the victim at the address and transported the teen to a local hospital. The outlet reports that police have not released the victim’s updated condition or any details about what led up to the shooting.
Part of a troubling June pattern
This latest shooting lands in the middle of a violent June for Atlanta teenagers. On June 5, a 17-year-old was shot aboard a MARTA train in Midtown, and a convicted felon now faces federal charges in that case, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release…