ATLANTA — Atlanta police say they are investigating a shooting in southeast Atlanta where a victim was struck seven times.
Captain Christian Hunt, with the Atlanta Police Department, said officers responded to the Avalon Ridge Apartment Homes on Mt. Zion Rd. in southwest Atlanta to a person shot call.
When they arrived, they found a man had been shot seven times in the arms, legs and the side of the stomach.
Police said the suspect fled the scene in a red SUV.
The victim told police he was standing in front of an apartment waiting for an Uber when a man walked up to him and began shooting.
The investigation is ongoing, Hunt said.