A man in his fifties was shot and wounded Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta, an incident the police believe stems from a lingering conflict. Officers were dispatched to the scene at 286 Burbank Dr. NW around 2:57 p.m., according to an Atlanta Police Department report.
The responding officers discovered a 50-year-old man who had multiple gunshot wounds but remained alert and communicative. After emergency services arrived, he was taken to the hospital, his condition serious, but stable. The initial probe by the authorities suggests the shooter was no stranger to the victim, and the shooting could have grown out of "an ongoing dispute," as revealed by the APD's statement.
In the wake of the incident, investigators with the Atlanta Police's Aggravated Assault Unit are conducting a full investigation. At this point, no information about the suspect has been released, nor have any arrests been made. The department's appeal for witnesses to come forward indicates that the search for leads is very much active.
The identity of the victim, along with details regarding his current condition, have not been disclosed. However, what is clear, is the reverberations of such violence ripple far beyond the police tape cordoning off that stretch of Burbank Dr. "Preliminary investigation indicates the victim was shot by a known suspect," the APD communicated, highlighting the personal nature of the confrontation.
