2 teens dead, multiple injured in shooting at Atlanta apartment complex

Washington, SANA- Two teenagers are dead, and several others are injured after a shooting at an apartment complex in southwest Atlanta Saturday, according to the Atlanta Police Department.

A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy are dead after a social media dispute escalated to gunfire at an apartment complex in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. was quoted by ABC News as saying in a media briefing Saturday evening.

A 15-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy and 15-year-old boy injured by gunfire were also transported to local hospitals, said the deputy chief. Their conditions were not specified, but one of the three victims was grazed by a bullet, according to Hampton Jr.

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