Shooting near Fulton County DA annex in southwest Atlanta injures 2

ATLANTA - Atlanta police are searching for a gunman after two people were shot near a Fulton County District Attorney's Office annex, just off Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in southwest Atlanta on Friday.  

Around 5 p.m., officers swarmed Gordon Plaza, which is located on the corner of Peyton Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.  

For hours, the parking lot of the plaza was taped off. On the other side of the crime scene tape, a car with a shattered window, bullets on the pavement, and investigators going in and out of the T&K Package Store.  

Police say a man wearing a ski mask and armed with a rifle opened fire in the parking lot. Two men were struck by bullets, both in the chest. Initially, the Atlanta Police Department reported three people were shot, but later corrected that stating only two males were injured.

Both were rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, one of whom was in critical condition at the time.  

Investigators say one of the men appears to have been targeted, the other had just come from behind the building.  

"There was an individual back there who was one of the victims who was shot. It appears he was not the intended victim," said Atlanta Police Lt. Andrew Smith.  

The family of Coviseea Dowell says they were told he was the one who was targeted. He's in critical condition.  

"He just got robbed last week and now he's shot today, we're just trying to make sure he's alive," said Stephanie Dowell. 

Police say they'll be reviewing surveillance video to get a better description of the masked gunman, when they have that description, they will release more information.