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Witnesses say argument led to shooting in SW Atlanta

ATLANTA — Atlanta police said Sunday afternoon they are investigating a shooting in southwest Atlanta.

Officers responded at 4 p.m. to 2656 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway SW, at a Chevron gas station. They found a 34-year-old man with an apparent gunshot wound.

Channel 2’s Eryn Rogers talked to the wife of the injured man and a witness who said an argument led to the shooting.

The witness told Rogers it was two men who knew each other. They were arguing, and that’s when one pulled out a gun and shot the other in the stomach in the parking lot of the chevron at the corner of Hollowell Parkway and Hamilton E. Holmes.

Police are still looking for the shooter, but the wife of the victim told Rogers she hopes people learn to control their reactions and emotions.

The person was alert, conscious and breathing when he was taken to the hospital by ambulance. APD said.

The wife of the victim told Rogers he was taken to Grady and should be OK.

Investigators with the Aggravated Assault Unit are looking into the shooting.

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