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2022-07-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Georgia suspect armed with crossbow shoots victim in Atlanta
[FOX] A suspect in Georgia armed with a crossbow allegedly shot and injured another person in Atlanta, according to authorities.

The victim is in stable condition at a local hospital, Atlanta Police said.

Officers arrived at Rockwood Ave. Saturday night at about 10:30 p.m. after they were alerted that a person had been shot. The shooting, police were told, took place in another area.

Police were told the suspect carried out the shooting on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway using a "bow and arrow," Fox 5 Atlanta reported. # id) ?>
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-18 06:53|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1780 views ]  Top

1 Victim not talking to police. No one knows exactly what happened. Identities withheld. Photographs unavailable.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-18 06:56||   2022-07-18 06:56|| Front Page Top

2 
Not the Metro area's 1st bow and arrow rodeo.

Funny IF it turns out to be a William Tell misadventure and a story to cover up the stupidity.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-07-18 07:20||   2022-07-18 07:20|| Front Page Top

3 More from the article:

The victim was standing near a convenience store when the shooter drove up in a gold minivan and exited the vehicle armed with a "crossbow," according to police.

The suspect allegedly fired the weapon and struck the victim in the chest. The victim did not cooperate with investigators, but was conscious when taken to a hospital, according to police.


Gangs — for one or both? Angry husband/lover? Mentally ill or a psychopath? Known wolf upping his game — does Atlanta have a Soros DA?
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-18 08:06||   2022-07-18 08:06|| Front Page Top

4 ..a felon trying to avoid being caught with a firearm, a federal offense?
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-18 08:18||   2022-07-18 08:18|| Front Page Top

5 If the guy was standing at a gas station on Hollowell he is a drug dealer. That's why he isn't talking.
Posted by Chris 2022-07-18 09:27||   2022-07-18 09:27|| Front Page Top

6 Maybe he thought he was vampire hunting?
Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-18 10:14||   2022-07-18 10:14|| Front Page Top

7 Plenty of zombies in that area, don't know about vampires though.
Posted by Chris 2022-07-18 10:51||   2022-07-18 10:51|| Front Page Top

8 In Oklahoma crossbows can only be used for hunting by "impaired hunters" in bow seasons...

Two legged deer? Long Pork?
Posted by magpie 2022-07-18 11:49||   2022-07-18 11:49|| Front Page Top

9 in Deliverance (72) Burt Reynolds used a cross bow to kill

but that was rural Georgia and also fiction
Posted by Lord Garth 2022-07-18 15:56||   2022-07-18 15:56|| Front Page Top

10 /\ Not entirely.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-18 15:59||   2022-07-18 15:59|| Front Page Top

11 Anyone seen Ryuhei Kitamura's No One Lives?
Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-18 16:22||   2022-07-18 16:22|| Front Page Top

12 The victim may have been soliciting...for wood.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-18 16:32||   2022-07-18 16:32|| Front Page Top

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