“We haven’t had a weekend like this in a long time,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said. “Guns are not the answer.”
NEED TO KNOW
- A mass shooting in Atlanta early Monday left one person dead and ten others injured, including an 18-year-old in critical condition
- Police are searching for three men and one woman believed to be responsible
- The incident was one of 12 violent episodes over the weekend that injured 29 people and killed two people in the Atlanta area
A mass shooting in a busy area of Atlanta early Monday left one person dead and 10 others injured, police said.
Officers responded to the Sweet Auburn neighborhood around 1:30 a.m. on July 28 and found 11 people had been shot, one of them fatally, Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a news conference, per the AP.
Medical professionals pronounced 27-year-old Santos J. Wyatt dead at the scene, the outlet reported, citing the medical examiner’s office. The other ten victims – seven men and three women, were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for their injuries, according to Schierbaum…