Shooting outside a barber shop sends 3 people to the hospital

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - The hunt is on for a white Chevy Impala with two men involved in dangerous gunfire outside a DeKalb County barber shop that left three men in the hospital.

Police place evidence markers next to spent bullets.

Police said it’s unclear whether the gunman or his driver were injured when they took fire during the shooting Thursday afternoon in a parking lot on Snapfinger Woods Drive.

The glass shards on the ground and lots of evidence markers help tell what happened outside the Goal Line barbershop around 3:30 Thursday afternoon.

“One of my barbers was standing outside taking a break and he got shot multiple times as far as I know,” said Stacy Goode, the barbershop owner.

Stacy Goode, barbershop owner

He said he was driving back to his shop when a client called and told him of the shooting at the Texaco station complex on Snapfinger Woods Drive.

Dekalb County Police told FOX 5 two men in a white Chevrolet Impala pulled into the parking lot, then a passenger got out and fired multiple shots.

“Got out of the vehicle walked up closer, fired more shots at the subjects and then gunfire was returned at that suspect,” said Major Jerry Lewis, with the Dekalb County Police Department.

He said it’s unclear whether the return gunfire struck the man who was firing at the victims or the driver of the Impala which quickly left the scene. Major Lewis told FOX 5 News three men were rushed to the hospital with moderate injuries and were in stable condition. He said motive for the shooting is unclear, adding it doesn’t appear random.

“It appeared that they were specifically sought,” said Major Lewis. He said police are trying to determine if there have been previous problems in the parking lot which could have led to the violence and injuries.

“My heart goes out to all of them because like I said it’s senseless, everybody trying to make it home at the end of the day to their families you know,” said Stacy Goode.

The owner of the complex where the shooting occurred told FOX 5 he will increase security.

Major Lewis said the white Impala had a rear spoiler and non factory rims.