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Person shot at midtown Atlanta gas station

Atlanta Police were investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting victim they found near 4th and Peachtree streets.

ATLANTA — Atlanta Police responded to reports of a person shot shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of 4th and Peachtree streets.

When officers arrived, they discovered one person with a gunshot wound to his leg.

The victim told officers he was on his way home from work and stopped at a gas station. Right after he left, he was approached by a male suspect who showed a handgun in n apparent attempt to rob him.

The two of them struggled over the gun. The suspect got control of the gun and shot the victim in the leg, police said, before he ran off.

The victim was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in alert, conscious and breathing condition. 

Investigators searched the area in order to find a specific crime scene, but they were not able to determine exactly where the shooting took place.

The police investigation continues.

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