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2 shot on same block overnight

ATLANTA — Police are looking to see if there's a connection between two shootings that happened yards apart in northeast Atlanta.

Just before midnight Sunday, witnesses told police they saw a man inside a white Nissan firing shots into the air on Parkway Drive. Police said one of the bullets struck a man in the shoulder. He was taken to Atlanta Medical Center for treatment.

Police said the second shooting took place at the corner of Parkway Drive and Linden Avenue around 1 a.m. Monday.

The victim was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound in his arm.