Another victim, a 51-year-old man, was found near the initial scene and was pronounced dead.
Channel 2′s Veronica Griffin was on the scene where police told her they are still working to figure out what led up to the double shooting . Neither man’s name has been released.
Just before 4 a.m., officers were called to Magic City on Forsyth Street where a 33-year-old man had been shot and killed.
Investigators say a man was firing his gun at random into the alley next to the club when a security guard told him to stop. The man refused and kept firing until the victim was ultimately shot and killed.
Then, at 4:45 a.m., a 42-year-old man showed up at Grady Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound. He told police that he was at a Waffle House on Glenwood Ave. when he heard gunfire and realized he had been shot.
Police have not commented on what led up to the shooting or if there are any suspects. There is no word on the victim’s condition.
Lastly, just after 5:30 a.m., a 23-year-old man showed up at Emory Hospital with several stab wounds.
He told police that he was sitting in his car in a downtown parking lot when a man he didn’t know walked up to him. While talking to the man, the victim was stabbed several times.
There is no word on the victim’s condition or if police have identified a suspect.
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