US shootings, 2 deaths and 3 injuries, all victims under age

On the evening of the 17th local time, a shooting incident occurred inside and outside an apartment building in the southwest of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, killing five minors, two of whom died.

The local police said in a statement issued in the evening that the police received the alarm at 17:00 and found several victims of gunfire after arriving at the scene. Police officer Charles Hampton said that a group of armed people came to the apartment where the crime was committed and the dispute occurred. Another group of people with the same weapons opened fire first, and the conflict then moved to the outside. Police found two people dead outside the apartment and three injured inside.

Hampton said the two dead were boys, aged 14 and 16 respectively. Two other boys, aged 11 and 15, and a girl, aged 15, were hospitalized. At least two of the victims were students of the Atlanta Public School.

The Associated Press quoted Hampton as saying that the gunfight was escalated by “some kind of controversy” on social media. At present, the number of gunmen is not clear, but the police believe that many people shot.