A 17-year-old was rushed to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after being shot in northwest Atlanta, adding another unsettling entry to the city’s growing list of teen-involved shootings this month.
Atlanta police said officers were called to 2533 Hood Ave. NW around 2:30 p.m., where they found the teenager with a gunshot wound. Medics took the teen to a hospital, and officials said the victim was alert, conscious and breathing at the scene as detectives began processing evidence and interviewing witnesses.
According to Atlanta News First, officers discovered the victim at the address and transported the teen to a local hospital. The outlet reports that police have not released the victim’s updated condition or any details about what led up to the shooting.
Part of a troubling June pattern
This latest shooting lands in the middle of a violent June for Atlanta teenagers. On June 5, a 17-year-old was shot aboard a MARTA train in Midtown, and a convicted felon now faces federal charges in that case, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release.
Other recent teen victims include a 17-year-old found shot in the 300 block of Kelly Street SE on June 21, as reported in a story on the Kelly Street teen shot, and a June 10 shooting near Washington Park that hospitalized another teen, per CBS Atlanta.
Investigation underway
Atlanta News First reports that investigators have not identified a suspect and are holding back additional medical details while they work the case. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear, and police had not released further information in the outlet’s initial update.
Federal action and local concern
Federal prosecutors have taken a role in at least one recent Atlanta shooting, specifically the Midtown MARTA case that led to federal charges this month, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. That involvement highlights growing federal interest in some of the city’s violent-crime cases.
Local reporters and neighborhood outlets, including coverage of Atlanta’s June violence climbing, report that residents are increasingly alarmed by the steady drumbeat of teen-involved shootings this spring and early summer.
We will update this story as more details become available.
