misterallgood
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Just before midnight on Sunday night, someone entered a home on Toney Drive in South DeKalb County, GA. In a bedroom on the upper floor of the house the killer opened fire on a 15-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother.
The girl is in the hospital this morning, fighting for her life. The boy is dead.
Five other people, including two other kids, were asleep elsewhere in the house, but they were not harmed.
Apparently no one saw the attacker, and the gunfire was what woke the rest of the residents.
No one saw the killer leave.
At this time DeKalb police have no suspects and no motive for the assault.
I was struck by several aspects of this story when I heard it on the local news this morning (I live in North Fulton County, GA, also in the Atlanta Metro) --
* Only the teen girl and her brother -- who happened to be in the same room -- were targeted. FIVE other people were unharmed, AND they didn't see the killer leave?
* Crimes like this so often seem either/or propositions -- either the whole family is killed, or there is only one victim and the perpetrator is often quickly arrested. It's weird that more than 8 hours into the investigation DeKalb police still have no suspects or motive. It is weird that just two young people were targeted.
* This happened in Decatur. While there are plenty of parts of DeKalb that aren't nice, Decatur is a decent area. I'm not sure if this was in the more gentrified part of Decatur, though.
* There was another shooting very early this morning in Dekalb County. It also took place in a suburban area. Still don't know if it was connected. Sadly, shootings in DeKalb and in South Fulton aren't all that uncommon.
FWIW, I don't think the 7-year-old was an intended target. I'd bet police are examining the teen girl's circle of friends pretty closely at the moment.
Steve/Mr. A
Just before midnight on Sunday night, someone entered a home on Toney Drive in South DeKalb County, GA. In a bedroom on the upper floor of the house the killer opened fire on a 15-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother.
The girl is in the hospital this morning, fighting for her life. The boy is dead.
Five other people, including two other kids, were asleep elsewhere in the house, but they were not harmed.
Apparently no one saw the attacker, and the gunfire was what woke the rest of the residents.
No one saw the killer leave.
At this time DeKalb police have no suspects and no motive for the assault.
I was struck by several aspects of this story when I heard it on the local news this morning (I live in North Fulton County, GA, also in the Atlanta Metro) --
* Only the teen girl and her brother -- who happened to be in the same room -- were targeted. FIVE other people were unharmed, AND they didn't see the killer leave?
* Crimes like this so often seem either/or propositions -- either the whole family is killed, or there is only one victim and the perpetrator is often quickly arrested. It's weird that more than 8 hours into the investigation DeKalb police still have no suspects or motive. It is weird that just two young people were targeted.
* This happened in Decatur. While there are plenty of parts of DeKalb that aren't nice, Decatur is a decent area. I'm not sure if this was in the more gentrified part of Decatur, though.
* There was another shooting very early this morning in Dekalb County. It also took place in a suburban area. Still don't know if it was connected. Sadly, shootings in DeKalb and in South Fulton aren't all that uncommon.
FWIW, I don't think the 7-year-old was an intended target. I'd bet police are examining the teen girl's circle of friends pretty closely at the moment.
Steve/Mr. A