Multiple children injured in pair of triple shootings in DeKalb County
Violent night leaves 2 young children injured
DeKalb County police are searching for the gunmen behind two separate shootings that wounded children. First, around 11 p.m. Tuesday on Maypop Lane, a 2-year-old was shot. The second happened about a 10 minute drive away, in Stonecrest on Meadowood Ridge, which sent three people, including a 5-year-old to the hospital.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Police are investigating two separate triple shootings that happened minutes apart overnight in DeKalb County.
Officials say the youngest victim in the shootings is just 2 years old and another is 5 years old.
At around 11:38 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to the parking lot of an apartment complex on Maypop Lane after reports of a person shot.
Violence leaves 2 children fighting for life
DeKalb County police are searching for the gunmen behind two separate shootings that wounded children. First, around 11 p.m. Tuesday on Maypop Lane, a 2-year-old was shot. The second happened about a 10 minute drive away, in Stonecrest on Meadowood Ridge, which sent three people, including a 5-year-old to the hospital.
At the scene, they found a man and a 2-year-old girl who had both been injured in a shooting.
Shortly after, police say a man showed up at Hillandale Hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Investigators say one man is in stable condition. The toddler and the other man are critically injured.
Police do not believe the shooting was a random act of violence and are working to follow up on potential leads.
Thirty minutes after responding to that violence, police got another call from a location on the 200 block of Meadowood Ridge about 3.5 miles away from the first.
When they got there, police found evidence of a shooting, but no victims.
It wasn't long after when three people -- two victims in their late teens to early 20s and a 5-year-old -- showed up at Hillandale Hospital for treatment.
All the victims of this shooting have non-life-threatening injuries.
Police have not released information about what led up to either of the shootings, but believe they are not related.
At this time, investigators do not have a description of any possible gunmen.
If you have any information that could help police in their investigations of the shootings, call the DeKalb County Police Department at 770-724-7850.