Police search for suspects in fatal double shooting outside Grady Memorial Hospital

ATLANTA - A shooting in front of Grady Memorial Hospital left one dead, and another critically injured.

Police said the shots rang out just after 11 p.m. Sunday night near the hospital's ER department entrance. Numerous evidence markers were in the street and a car was towed with blood on it.

Detectives said this all stemmed from an incident in DeKalb County and that family members showed up at the hospital. Some of them got into an argument, which escalated into gunfire. Police officials wouldn't talk about the DeKalb incident, but department sources say it could be a fatal drive-by shooting that happened early in the evening on Flat Shoals Road.

While doctors rushed to save the victims, the shooters fled. Investigators think there could be three of them, and they might have escaped in a dark-colored sedan. Family members are cooperating with police. Detectives hope that help and surveillance video will make it easier for them to identify the shooters. So far, no suspect description has been released.

Police also have not given out any information about the victims, including their age or gender.

Grady Memorial Hospital released a statement Monday afternoon that reads:

"Last night, a family dispute led to gunfire near the entrance of Grady’s Emergency Department on the corner of Jesse Hill Jr. Drive and Armstrong Street. Unfortunately, one person was killed and another critically injured during the incident. Our Public Safety officers were on the scene within seconds, and Atlanta Police Department quickly secured the scene and confirmed there was never a threat of an active shooter.

"Tragically, we were reminded that hospitals are simply now part of the long list of places where gun violence occurs. Grady will back all efforts to address this public health crisis so that we can preserve the community's health and safety, including the safety of our health care workers."