The Atlanta Police Department is investigating three separate homicide cases that happened within hours of each other on Sunday morning.

On July 9 at around 1 a.m., officers responded to a call regarding a person shot at 2100 Metropolitan Parkway SW. Upon arrival, officers located a female with a gunshot wound. She later succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.

At 2:50 a.m., officers were called to 1109 McDaniel St. SW in reference to a person shot. Officers found a male with a gunshot wound, who was pronounced dead on the scene by Grady EMS.

Then at 8:20 a.m., officers responded to person down at the location of 1725 Mary George Ave. NW. Upon arrival, officers located a male with what appeared to be a head injury. Atlanta Fire Rescue responded to the scene and pronounced the male deceased with what appeared to be a gunshot wound.

Homicide investigators are working to determine the circumstances surrounding the incidents.

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.