South Fulton police say they are following several leads in the investigation of a shooting at an apartment complex off Old National Highway that left a 17 year-old in the ICU.
Vigil held for victim involved in deadly South Fulton triple shooting
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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SOUTH FULTON, Ga. - A vigil was held Monday evening for one of the three victims of a deadly shooting in South Fulton over the weekend.
It happened at the Camelot Condominium Complex at 5655 Old national Highway around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. South Fulton police said officers responded to a report of shots fired. When they arrived at the scene, police said the officers found three people dead from apparent gunshot wounds.
Family and friends gathered at that same apartment complex on Monday evening to remember one of the victims, 39-year-old Justin Santos.
Over a dozen mass shootings across America this weekend
At least 11 dead, nearly 70 injured
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - There were at least 12 mass shootings between Friday night and Sunday, according to CNN reporting, an analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), local media and police reports.
The shootings took place across nine states Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Georgia and Minnesota.
CNN defines a mass shooting as an incident with four or more people killed or wounded by gunfire excluding the shooter.
So far this year, more than 7,500 people have died from gun violence across the US, according to the GVA. There s also been a 23% uptick in deaths from gun violence this year, the archive said.