ATLANTA — Police are investigating a shooting outside a preschool graduation.
It happened Thursday afternoon outside the ceremony on the 2800 block of Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta.
Atlanta police said while parents and grandparents were attending the preschool graduation inside the event space, two groups of people were fighting over a custody dispute in the parking lot outside.
State Rep. Park Cannon was there to deliver a graduation speech. She said the graduation was just about over when she heard as many as 10 shots.
“Students were walking out in their blue graduation gowns and parents were holding balloons and then walking with gifts in the parking lot, and fire from guns went off at that time. Parents and students ran back into the building to take shelter,” Cannon said.
Atlanta police arrived quickly and said they talked with both sides.
Investigators confirmed multiple shots were fired and said they are still investigating.
Deandre Jackson pulled into the event space parking lot just minutes after the shooting. She said it’s just not right.
“That’s not tolerable, not with kids either way, kids or adults. They shouldn’t be doing that at all,” Jackson said.
Cannon said everyone there was scared to death.
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“Children were crying. Parents were concerned. There were some grandparents who were feeling short of breath,” Cannon said.
Cannon said she hopes the small children won’t remember what happened there.
“And I just pray that their young minds somehow forget that as they left their Pre-K graduation, there was fire waiting for them on the other side of the door,” Cannon said.
Channel 2 Action News tried to talk with the people at the event space, but they didn't respond.
Atlanta police did not say if they made any arrests.
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