Woman, 16, is shot lifeless and boy the identical age is wounded throughout a dispute at a college in Atlanta

A 16-year-old woman has been shot lifeless and a boy of the identical age has been wounded after a dispute broke out at a commencement social gathering at an Atlanta faculty.

Police stated they have been coping with the incident which broke out close to Benjamin E Mays Excessive Faculty in southwest Atlanta after a confrontation at round 2.30am on Sunday morning. 

Bre’asia Powell, 16, was discovered on the scene and rushed to hospital the place she was later pronounced lifeless.

A 16-year-old boy, who was not recognized, was transported by ambulance to hospital. His situation is reportedly secure.

Atlanta police confirmed they’re investigating the capturing which is known to have damaged out amid a confrontation at an unauthorized commencement social gathering within the faculty’s parking zone.

Bre’asia Powell, 16, was discovered on the scene and rushed to hospital the place she was later discovered lifeless

Police say they’re coping with the incident which broke out close to Benjamin E Mays Excessive Faculty in southwest Atlanta after a confrontation at round 2.30am on Sunday morning

Officers initially obtained reviews of an individual shot exterior the varsity within the early hours of Sunday morning. The incident is believed to have arisen from a confrontation on the faculty commencement social gathering earlier within the night.

Officers arrived to discover a 16-year-old woman shot earlier than she was rushed to hospital the place she later died. Bre’asia Powell was confirmed because the sufferer by the Fulton County Medical Examiner.

A while later, a 16-year-old boy then checked himself right into a hospital with a gunshot wound. He has not been recognized by the police.

Police didn’t affirm whether or not there have been some other victims or if any suspects had been taken into custody. Officers additionally didn’t affirm the quantity of people that have been on the unauthorized social gathering.

Atlanta Public Faculties subsequently launched a press release following the incident: ‘In accordance with Atlanta Police, two youngsters have been shot throughout an unauthorized gathering on the finish of the exiting driveway at Benjamin E. Mays Excessive Faculty, early Sunday morning.

‘One is deceased and one is being handled at a neighborhood hospital.

‘The gathering occurred after a commencement social gathering at one other location locally was damaged up by Atlanta Police a few hours earlier. Please contact Atlanta Police for extra info.’

A pal of the sufferer’s household instructed Fox5: ‘There have been no prior altercations that led to this capturing. There was nothing that Bre’Asia did to trigger this, to carry this about, to incite this.

‘This was an unlucky tragedy that has shaken a household and associates circle to its core.’

Atlanta police stated they’re investigating the capturing which is known to have damaged out amid a confrontation at an unauthorized commencement social gathering within the faculty’s parking zone

Atlanta’s mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Police, the Atlanta Public Faculties superintendent, and the varsity police division held a press convention on Sunday to offer particulars on the incident.

Dickens, who’s an alumni of the highschool the place the capturing befell, stated he had spoken with Ms Powell’s and the unidentified 16-year-old’s moms.

He instructed the press convention that youngsters wanted to make higher choices like going residence at a sure time of evening and the necessity for fogeys to be concerned of their kids’s lives.

The mayor additionally stated Ms Powell was because of begin working for the Metropolis this week as a part of its youth employment program.

Police stated that it’s nonetheless unknown who fired the photographs and the precise particulars that led as much as the capturing because the investigation stays ongoing.