12-year-old boy shot near Atlanta playground, police say

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A 12-year-old boy was shot near a playground at a park in southwest Atlanta on Friday, police said.

Atlanta police said the child was shot around 6:20 p.m. at Rosa L. Burney Park and that he was not the intended target.

He was alert, conscious, and breathing when he was taken to the hospital…

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