Late Monday night, a man was shot near the Peachtree Hills shopping center along Peachtree Road in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood and taken to a hospital. Witnesses in the area said they heard two gunshots, and bystanders stepped in to help the wounded man until emergency crews arrived. Police said the victim was alert, conscious and breathing when medics got to the scene.
According to Atlanta News First, the shooting happened near 2285 Peachtree Road NE at the shopping center commonly known as Peachtree Hills. The outlet reports the man was “alert, conscious and breathing” and was taken to a hospital, and that multiple witnesses recalled hearing two shots.
Where It Happened and Recent Incidents
The stretch of Peachtree Road has seen several violent incidents in recent months, adding to safety concerns along the busy commercial corridor. In one recent example, a shooting outside the Kroger at Cherokee Plaza in Brookhaven in April left a man wounded and led to an arrest, as reported by CBS Atlanta.
Investigation Underway
Atlanta police said the case remains under investigation and had not released any suspect descriptions or a possible motive as of the initial report. Investigators continued working the scene, and the department had not announced any arrests in its early coverage, according to Atlanta News First.
