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1-year-old boy shot in the leg in South Fulton, police say

Details about the toddler’s condition were not provided.
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A young boy was shot in the leg at a South Fulton apartment complex early Friday, according to police.

Officers were called around 3 a.m. to the Gardens at Camp Creek community on Washington Road, just west of I-285 and north of Roosevelt Highway. The 1-year-old was rushed to Arthur M. Blank Children’s Hospital, officials said. Details about the child’s condition were not provided.

Evidence markers sit by shell casings at the scene of a shooting that left a boy injured in South Fulton. (Channel 2 Action News)

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Two people have been detained for questioning, but police have not said if those individuals are suspects.

No other information has been released by authorities.

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