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Two American teenagers were killed in the “Atlanta” shooting


According to Fars International News Agency, last night (Saturday) in a shooting incident in an apartment complex in the southwest of “Atlanta”, the capital of the state of “Georgia” in the United States of America, two teenage boys, 14 and 16 years old, lost their lives. Several others were also injured.

According to ABC News, the Atlanta Police Department announced that two teenage boys were killed after a dispute on social media led to a shooting in an apartment complex.

Charles Hampton Jr., Deputy Chief of the Atlanta Police, stated in a news conference early this morning (Sunday) that in addition to the shooting incident, two teenagers died, a 15-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy and a boy. A 15-year-old boy was injured by a bullet and was taken to local hospitals, and their physical condition is still unknown.

According to the Atlanta police, the dispute started on the social network and around 17:00 local time on Saturday, a group of armed people entered an apartment complex and a fight broke out inside the building, and according to Hampton, another group of people The gunmen then started shooting.

According to this report, the number of armed agents in this incident has not yet been determined, but the police believe that several people were armed.

“I hate to be here talking about children and shootings,” Hampton said. Several weapons have been in the hands of our youth.

He continued that the police forces found three wounded teenagers inside the apartment and two dead teenagers outside the building, and at least two of the victims were students of Atlanta Public School.

The freedom to carry weapons in the United States daily leads to riots related to shootings throughout the country, but the gun lobby in this country is so powerful that the US Congress has not yet approved any bills to limit the carrying of weapons.

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