Police are searching for the person who shot a 3-year-old boy in the parking lot of a southwest Atlanta apartment complex.
Witnesses said it was a drive-by shooting and the child was not the target.
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Channel 2′s Tyisha Fernandes was at the Ashley Cascade apartment complex on Kimberly Way on Wednesday, where she spoke to neighbors about a string of recent shootings at the complex.
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Joya Poole said she’s lived at the apartments for about a decade. She said the 3-year-old was shot with a stray bullet while he played outside.
“It could’ve been my grandchildren out here playing,” Poole said. “He could’ve died.”
The child, who hasn’t been identified, is expected to survive.