2 drivers shot in separate 'random acts of violence,' Atlanta police say

ATLANTA — Police are investigating two separate shootings of drivers in the metro Atlanta area overnight.

Atlanta police said one victim was shot in the neck while driving on Fulton Street, then lost control of his car and crashed, hitting a line of parked cars in front of an apartment building. The car then flipped on its side.

It also pushed one of the parked cars up onto a tree and bench.

The victim was able to get out of the wreckage.

“The suspect vehicle pulled alongside him, shot at him, he lost control of his vehicle,” said Atlanta police official Andrew Senzer.

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Atlanta police said the victim survived, but lost a lot of blood from the bullet wound to his neck.

He gave officers a description of the silver SUV the shooter was in, which matches the same description another driver gave.

That driver was shot multiple times on Interstate 20 from a passing silver SUV a couple of hours earlier and not far away.

"Right now, (it's) a random act of violence, unfortunately," Senzer said.

Police talked with both victims and said their stories sounded the same.

"Both victims tell us a silver SUV was involved in each incident," Senzer said.

Police are investigate if the shootings are connected to another shooting that left a man dead inside his car in DeKalb County.

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