Crime & Safety
Teenager Shot At Back to School Party; DeKalb Police Looking for Suspects
The incident happened Thursday night in unincorporated Decatur.
DECATUR, GA — DeKalb police are looking for suspects in a Thursday night shooting at a back to school party in unincorporated Decatur that has left one girl hospitalized.
Between 75 and 100 teens were at the party on Bluebird Lane, according to DeKalb police, when a car pulled up with three men inside. The men seemed to be older than the teens, and a mother at the party told them the party was for younger kids.
The men then drove away, but returned about 30 minutes later and fired six shots into the crowd.
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The girl, 14, was struck in the abdomen and remains hospitalized.
Police are looking for a Chevrolet Impala or Malibu. No arrests have been made so far.
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