ATLANTA — Three people were shot and one of the victims was taken to the hospital for surgery early Friday morning in an incident that occurred outside an Edgewood Avenue bar.
The other two victims were said to be a man and a woman. One of the victims was a security guard who was described in stable condition. Another victim, a woman, was also in stable condition and a third man was in serious condition, the Atlanta Police Department said.
It happened just after midnight in the 300-block of Edgewood Avenue southeast in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn neighborhood. The security guard from Harold's Chicken & Ice Bar told the owners he heard an argument at a nearby business before the shooting. Bullets shattered a glass door and another building nearby.
APD said its investigation indicates the shooting resulted from a "dispute between two separate parties" and that all three victims "do not appear to be intended targets at this time and were struck by rounds during the crossfire."
"The suspects both fled in separate directions after the shooting occurred," a police statement said.
Co-owner of Harold's Chicken & Ice Bar Tarryn Rutherford said she heard the gunshots.
"They're shooting, they're running down the street shooting and then he got the first two shots," Rutherford said. "And from that point, they went across the street, they were shooting going down the block and that's when the other person got shot and he had about six to seven gunshot wounds."
Rutherford said they have security guards inside and outside, they hire police officers and they don't even allow guns inside their establishment. She said others should do their part too.
"We're just being left fighting for our own self. All of our businesses are at stake," Rutherford said. "I need police officers back on the block and I also need the owners of the businesses to be accountable for what they allow to come in."
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