Three bystanders found themselves in the crossfire during a shootout in DeKalb County, with bullets spraying in a parking lot altercation late Tuesday evening. The DeKalb County Police Department reported to Atlanta News First that the violence erupted on the 2000 block of Candler Road around 8:23 p.m. A surveillance video captured the incident, a stark reminder of the unpredictability of public spaces transforming into battlefields.

A media crew observed the resultant chaos as authorities cordoned off a segment of a Circle K gas station at 2475 Candler Road. When police arrived at the blood-stained scene, they found two men, ages 32 and 44, suffering from gunshot wounds, according to Atlanta News First. The victims were promptly whisked away to a hospital. A third man, aged 39, was grazed by a bullet yet did not require hospitalization.

The authorities have now made an arrest in connection to the harrowing event. On Wednesday morning, DeKalb County police took 34-year-old Darius Morris into custody, charging him with three counts of aggravated assault, as reported by FOX 5 Atlanta. The victims, who seem to have been caught in the crossfire, did not appear to be associated with the feuding factions whose disagreement escalated into gunfire.

Investigators are piecing together the circumstances that led to the shootout, with an eye on understanding the full narrative that culminated in this incident. The Circle K parking lot, a place of transaction and transit, momentarily became a zone of terror for those uninvolved individuals. The investigation into the shooting remains active, as the community grapples with the aftermath of another act of public violence.