APD: Woman shot while heading to club

ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating after they said a woman was shot while heading to a club early Sunday morning.

Just after midnight, police said they heard gunshots on Joseph E Lowery Boulevard in southwest Atlanta. When they arrived, they found a woman at a nearby apartment complex suffering from gunshot wounds.

The woman told police that after getting dropped off at a club on the 800 block of Martin Luther King Jr Drive, she heard gunshots. After trying to run away, she realized she had been shot, police say.

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The woman was taken to the hospital, but her injuries are not considered life-threatening, according to police.

Police did not release any information about the woman’s identity.

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Detectives are investigating the shooting.

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