One person is dead and at least three others were injured after a shooting on Auburn Avenue in Downtown Atlanta early Tuesday morning, according to a report from our media affiliate CBS46.

Witnesses said that the situation began with an argument at a store and spilled out onto the street.

Seconds after the shooting, someone flagged down an officer who happened to be driving by, police said. The officer found one victim on Auburn Avenue and the others on Bell Street.

Detectives were attempting to interview some of the surviving victims to verify a motive.

 

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.