Near Atlantic Station, authorities report that a 12-year-old was slain and other people were shot. Let’s see Who is Zyion Charles and what happened to him in detail.
Atlantic station shooting
Several persons were shot on 17th Street near Atlantic Station in northwest Atlanta on Saturday night, according to Atlanta police. Zyion Charles was named as the young man who died in a gunshot that also injured five other youths after a big group of people got into an argument.
Who was Zyion Charles?
One of those individuals has been verified by police to be dead. Zyion Charles, 12, was identified by the boy’s relatives. Police first reported that five persons had been hurt. The condition of a second victim was critical.
Around 8 p.m., Atlanta police responded to a report of many shooting victims and went to 1371 Market Street. A group of teenagers was removed from Atlantic Station by security guards and an off-duty Atlanta police officer, according to the police, due to their “disorderly behavior.” According to the police, a factor contributed to the eventual eruption of gunfire.
What happened?
Police stated this was the outcome of a fight between a group of youths and young adults that resulted in gun violence but have not yet named any suspects or victims. The incident, according to police, took place on 17th Street outside of Atlantic Station.
This is supposedly a video of the fight among the group of teens that led to the shooting at Atlantic Station. The shooting left one dead and five others injured. pic.twitter.com/tLIYKEOybS
— ATL Uncensored | Atlanta News (@ATLUncensored) November 27, 2022
Press conference Statement
In a press conference on Sunday, Mayor Dickens revealed that several of the other parties involved, including one victim who is in severe condition, were kids from Atlanta Public Schools.
He added that everyone involved was a teenager. Dickens emphasized the increased police presence that was present at Atlantic Station the night of the incident. He also stressed how crucial it is for parents to know where their kids are at all times.
The mayor said that when expressing his sympathies to the victim’s parents, he heard from some of them that they were unaware that their children were at Atlantic Station, let alone that there was a curfew in effect there.
According to the police, due to the big group’s disorderly behavior and curfew breaches in the well-known area, off-duty APD officers and Atlantic Station staff escorted them off the property.
Atlanta police have confirmed there was a shooting near the 17th Street Bridge in Atlanta involving multiple victims.
The people involved are thought to be between the ages of 15 and 21, according to Lieutenant Germain Dearlove, the homicide commander for the Atlanta Police Department. He asserted that there might have been at least two shooters present.
Anyone having a video of the incident is being urged by police to turn it into Atlanta police. At 404-577-TIPS, anyone with information can reach Atlanta police.
According to the official website of Atlantic Station, any children under the age of 18 who are not with a parent or guardian are subject to a rigorous 3 p.m. curfew. Additionally, it stipulates that juvenile groupings of four or more or more shall be expelled.
PEOPLE’S REACTIONS TO THE INCIDENT:
LEX tweeted,
can y’all please spread this PLEASE STOP SENDING YALL KIDS TO ATLANTIC STATION THEY WALK AROUND HOLDING their GUN AND FIGHTING AND SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER 7 KIDS were SHOT 1 CONFIRMED DEAD THIS SHIT IS HEARTBREAKING #atlanticstation #atl
Samy tweeted,
Instead of breaking it up everyone standing around recording.
Ashley Phoenix tweeted,
Street lights come on around 6 pm…this shooting happened around 8. Surely a curfew wouldn’t be set so early
LT tweeted,
I’m with you. I just heard on the news the parents were contacted and they didn’t even know where the kids were. Parents need to start being held accountable for their children.
Mel tweeted
They not gone let people under 21 stay past a certain time now & I agree on yall kid’s terrible
Mariotta to Guantanamo tweeted,
To play heroics and risk getting shot and added to the death count? Yeah, no thank you
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