Atlanta

Fight over Fourth of July fireworks ends with 15-year-old shot, police say

ATLANTA — A 15-year old boy is recovering at a hospital after he was shot three times on the Fourth of July.

Atlanta police told Channel 2 Action News that several teenagers were setting off fireworks near apartments on Fairburn Road in southwest Atlanta around 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

Atlanta police said someone fired three gunshots at a 15-year-old boy at the complex because he was shooting the fireworks. He was hit in the leg, stomach and back.

“It was the result of some folks that were displeased with them shooting off fireworks in the area and it was kind of retaliatory,” Atlanta Police Capt. William Ricker said.

The teen was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and was stable at last check.

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Atlanta police said the shooter is still on the run and they do not have a description of him at this time.

A Channel 2 photographer saw a police helicopter using its lights to help officers on the ground working at the scene overnight.

An employee in the leasing office of the apartment complex told Channel 2's Kristen Holloway the night was chaotic.

She showed Holloway a window that was shattered by a firework in the leasing office and said it filled the entire office with smoke. She also said four of the cameras on the property were damaged by fireworks.