Compared to the same period last year, the national homicide rate has decreased by almost 17% this year.
Although the city has seen a decrease in crime, Atlanta police chief Darin Schierbaum told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week that community and local organizations should collaborate to help society develop de-escalation techniques in order to help reduce confrontations.
According to the chief, we need the efforts of all Atlanta’s civic, religious, and family groups in order to teach society how to handle angry situations and how to de-escalate situations. Let’s put down the weapons.
Six people, including two teenagers, were hurt in two shootings that occurred hours apart on Saturday, according to the police.
According to authorities, two men and a woman were shot at a restaurant in the 300 block of Edgewood Avenue at around three in the morning.
According to authorities, when officers arrived, they discovered a woman with numerous gunshot wounds, a second male who had been shot in the leg, and one man who had been shot in the belly and thigh.
According to police, all three remained conscious during their transfer to the hospital for medical attention.
According to police, three girls were shot when officers were summoned to the 3000 block of Middleton Road at 11:37 a.m. on Saturday for the second shooting. One of the three, who were ages 16, 19, and 45, was in severe condition when they were brought to Grady Memorial Hospital.
According to police, investigators have one person detained for questioning after preliminary inquiry indicates that this was an ongoing disagreement.
According to authorities, a man was shot and killed at a Lakewood Avenue shopping mall on Friday around 5:52 p.m.
Two more people were hurt Friday in separate shootings on McDaniel and Broad streets.
Authorities say a shooting at Empire Park in southeast Atlanta on Thursday night left a teenager dead and five others wounded.
Around 9:45 p.m., officers arrived at the park in the 200 block of Oak Drive and discovered two victims of gunshot wounds, one of them was an 18-year-old who passed away on the spot. Three further gunshot victims were discovered by police when they were called to the neighboring Mt. Zion Road.
During a traffic stop on nearby Old Hapeville Road, police found a sixth individual shot in the back seat of a car. Police said that he had been hit in the leg.
Officers were called to the 1600 block of Memorial Drive at around 1 p.m. on Thursday as well, following a guy who had been shot. He passed away right there. Another guy was shot and died at Skylar Way around ninety minutes later, according to authorities.
Tavaris Williams, 36, was charged with murder in connection with the Thursday deaths on Friday, according to authorities.
Police say three different shootings on Willoughby Way, Mount Gilead Road, and Greensferry Avenue earlier this week injured four people.
