As Atlanta grapples with a surge in gun violence, residents awoke yesterday to news of a harrowing 72-hour period during which at least 22 people were shot, four fatally, across multiple incidents citywide. 11Alive reported that these shootings, spanning from Thursday to Sunday, were mostly unconnected; however, a few may be linked, providing a chilling narrative to the city’s escalating gun violence issue.
Among the numerous violent episodes was a shootout on Edgewood Avenue at around 3 a.m. last Saturday, where two men and a woman were injured, the casualties included a man shot in both the abdomen and thigh and another in the leg, while the female victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds, their conditions did not appear life-threatening according to FOX 5 Atlanta. Other incidents witnessed across the city ranged widely from an episode involving a man grazed by a bullet on a MARTA train to a juvenile girl shot on Austin Court in the wee hours of Sunday.
Reflecting a broader trend, Atlanta’s July homicide count stands at seven, a significant decrease from previous years, with the last at 12 and an even higher 21 in July 2020, as detailed by 11Alive, with overall homicides in the city also showing a downward trend, being 32% lower than the same time last year…