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13-Year-Old Shot 4 Times Overnight In Atlanta; Mother Says It’s Not His First Time Being Shot

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 18, 9:28 AM EDT

updated Oct 20, 9:32 PM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WSB-TV (Channel 2 ABC), WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta) and WANF (Atlanta News First CBS), not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A 13-year-old boy was shot 4 times overnight at a southeast Atlanta apartment complex in an incident his mother said was not his first time being shot, WAGA and WSB-TV reported. Atlanta police are asking for help identifying suspects in the shooting, according to WANF.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 20, 9:25 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 18, 10:08 AM EDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 18, 10:25 AM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 18, 3:02 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.