A shooting in southwest Atlanta left two teenagers dead and others injured Saturday after an argument on social media led to gunshots, police said.
Two feuding armed groups met at an apartment complex on Continental Colony Parkway, sparking a shootout around 5 p.m. that left a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy dead, police told reporters.
A 15-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy were taken to hospitals with injuries. His status was not reported.
The injured victims had gone to the hospital in private vehicles before the police arrived.
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“I hate being here talking about kids and gunshots,” Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. told reporters, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.
He added: “We’re just asking parents to know where their kids are, to know what they’re doing, to check the rooms. There are too many guns in the hands of our young people. As I said several weeks ago, this should be a time that We are preparing for the holidays, but we have at least two families who will be planning funerals.”
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The investigation is ongoing.
