Crime & Safety
Triple Shooting Suspect Sought In Decatur
Three men were found shot - one of them fatally -- late Wednesday night on Snapfinger Drive in Decatur.

DECATUR, GA -- Law enforcement officials in Decatur are still investigating a triple shooting that left a man dead and two others hospitalized, Patch has learned.
The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on Snapfinger Drive, according to news reports.
Police responding to a call about shots fired arrived on the scene to find three men inside a white car just off the road. All had been shot.
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βThey discovered a white vehicle off the side of the road that had been driven into woodline, inside that vehicle we located one adult male deceased from apparent gunshot wounds,β Lt. Mark Lavine told WSB-TV.
Police have yet to identify the shooting victims or their ages, according to WGCL-TV.
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βWe're trying to determine where exactly the crime scene is, if it all happened inside the vehicle or if something transpired outside the vehicle, weβre not sure at this time,β Lavine told the TV station.
If the shooter was someone else besides one of the three men in the car, the killer remains at large and the police have no suspects nor motive at this time.
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