Five young people were hurt in two separate Atlanta shootings within a matter of two hours Thursday night.
The first incident took police to the Capitol Vanira Apartments on Hank Aaron Drive shortly after 8 p.m. The complex is just east of the connector in the Peoplestown neighborhood.
A police spokesperson said the victims were 18, 15, 14 and 12 years old.
The victims, who police said were all boys, were conscious when taken to a hospital. Information about the extent of their injuries was not disclosed.
Just two hours later, around 10 p.m., Atlanta police were called about a 14-year-old shot near the Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station. The station is on the north edge of the Harland Terrace neighborhood, just south of I-20, north of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and west of Peyton Road.
When officers arrived, they found the teen with a gunshot wound to his right leg, authorities said. He was alert when taken to a hospital.
An update on his condition was not provided Friday morning.
No other details have been released by officials about either shooting.
— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.
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