One person is dead and two others are hospitalized after a homicide investigation unfolded early Saturday morning at a luxury apartment complex in Buford. Gwinnett County police have not named the victim or disclosed what led to the violence. The scene formed at Ellison at the Exchange, a residential community sitting inside one of Gwinnett County's busiest new mixed-use districts.
According to 11Alive, Gwinnett County police responded to the homicide investigation at the complex on Laurel Crossing Parkway early Saturday, where one person was pronounced dead and two others were taken to the hospital. The address, 1400 Laurel Crossing Parkway, corresponds to Ellison at the Exchange, according to Atlanta News First, which also reported the incident and noted police had not disclosed what happened or released the identity of the person killed.
Police were investigating at 1400 Laurel Crossing Parkway, where two people were taken to the hospital. The reports cited here provide no further details about the medical conditions of the hospitalized victims. The reports also do not specify the cause or motive of the violence.
A Newly Built Complex Inside a $350 Million Development
Ellison at the Exchange is a residential community within The Exchange @ Gwinnett, a mixed-use district.
Ellison at the Exchange is located on Laurel Crossing Parkway.
What Investigators Are Working Through
Police are investigating what happened at Ellison at the Exchange and working to identify anyone responsible.
Any charges and potential penalties, if any, would depend on the facts established in the investigation. The reports cited here do not identify charges in connection with Saturday's incident.
Police Seek Tips as Questions Remain Open
The reports cited here do not include a public request for tips specific to this case. The case remains a developing story, and reports cited here do not provide the identity of the person killed or further details about the two hospitalized victims.
Saturday's incident is at least the second violent crime this year that Hoodline has covered at a Gwinnett County apartment complex, following a shooting near Longwood Vista in July tied to an attempted carjacking. Together, the two reports concern violent incidents at or near Gwinnett apartment complexes.
