Person found shot at busy intersection in northeast Atlanta
Atlanta police investigate after a person was found shot near the intersection of Piedmont Road NE and Rockledge Road NE on Feb. 24, 2022.
ATLANTA - Police in Atlanta say investigators are looking into the possibility a shooting at busy northeast Atlanta intersection may have been a robbery attempt.
It happened shortly before 5 p.m. along Piedmont Road NE at Rockledge Road NE. Atlanta police say officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was alert and awake when he was rushed to an area hospital.
The identity of the victim was not immediately known.
Details surrounding a shooting suspect were not released.
Traffic in the area was rerouted down Cheshire Bridge Road and Piedmont Circle while police reinvestigated the scene.
The scene is just south of the location where a gunman shot four people inside two Atlanta spas in March 2021.
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