ATLANTA — Police are investigating a deadly shooting about a block from Booker T. Washington High School on Tuesday morning closing the roads for hours. The roads have since reopened.
Not much information has been released by officials, but 11Alive's Rarione Maniece reports that several Atlanta Police Department officers are focusing on a home near Newcastle Street and Washington Place, which is a 2-minute walk from the high school.
Police have not said where the shooting happened but did say they've been out there since 9 p.m. on Monday. Roads at Joseph Lowery Boulevard are blocked off at Martin L. King Jr. Drive.
According to police call records, a deadly shooting was reported around 9 p.m. on Monday on Mitchell Street Northwest, which is about a tenth of a mile from the house they are at now. Officers reported finding a person shot dead in the area, and investigators with their homicide unit responded.
APD has not said if these two shootings are related or provided any other updates on that case. School officials have not said if morning drop-offs or classes will be affected.
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