ATLANTA — Atlanta Police had to respond to Lenox Square at least two times within hours of each other on Thursday evening for separate situations.
The first incident involved fireworks around 6:30 p.m.
After posts circulated online about a possible shooting at Lenox Square, Atlanta Police said that those reports were not true. A spokesperson for the department told 11Alive that the sounds heard were that of fireworks, not gunfire.
Police said that the fireworks appeared to be set off inside the mall near the Kids Pottery Barn store. No one was reported to be hurt. No arrests were made, according to police.
However, later on in the evening, police told 11Alive they responded to shots fired in the parking lot around 8:30 p.m.
An 11Alive viewer sent us the following photo of the second scene.
According to police, when officers got there, officers spoke to witnesses who said they heard the gunshots and saw to cars trying to speed off from the scene.
Police said that no one had been hurt from the gunfire, and only property damage to a car was reported.
Initially, police told 11Alive that one person was arrested for the incident, but later said that no arrests had been made.
According to APD, the shooting in the parking lot appeared to stem from an argument between two groups of men.
The mall, which had been closed in March during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, reopened for business to the public May 4, though many of the stores inside initially remained closed.
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