An exchange of gunfire in Atlanta leaves 1 dead and 10 injured, police say
July 28, 2025
Police in Atlanta say one person is dead and 10 others were injured after an exchange of gunfire in a busy nightlife area. Police Chief Darin Schierbaum says officers responding to the Sweet Auburn neighborhood around 1:30 a.m. Monday found 11 people had been shot and one of them had died. He says one of 10 people hurt, an 18-year-old man, is critically injured. Police are looking for three males and a female who approached a streetcar stop. Schierbaum says it’s believed they initiated the exchange of gunfire, but police don’t yet know what prompted the shooting. Police are investigating 12 violent incidents that left 29 people injured and two dead over the weekend.