Five arrested in connection with Marietta’s Easter weekend gang shootings

The Brief

  • Five individuals, including two juveniles, were arrested in connection with two gang-related shootings in Marietta that occurred over Easter weekend.
  • The shootings were part of an ongoing feud between two non-traditional hybrid neighborhood gangs, resulting in three people wounded and damage to nearby homes and cars.
  • Authorities have linked both incidents and assured the community of progress in the investigation, while withholding gang names to avoid glorifying gang activity.

MARIETTA, Ga. Marietta police have arrested five people, including two juveniles, in connection with two gang-related shootings in April that left three people wounded and rattled communities over Easter weekend.

What we know:

The shootings occurred just two days apart, first on Natchez Trace and then near the intersection of North Marietta Parkway and Allgood Road, close to Elizabeth Porter Park.

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