South Fulton County

17-year-old boy shot in the face at gas station

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the face outside of a Union City gas station. 

SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News has learned a 17-year-old boy was shot in the face at a gas station in Union City early Thursday morning.

Channel 2's Audrey Washington spoke to police, who said the shooter still on the run. They believe the shooting might have been gang related.

Police say an argument broke out between the victim and the shooter across the street from an Exxon on Roosevelt Highway some time after 2 a.m. and spilled into the parking lot.

Minutes later, a shooter shot the boy in the face. The boy was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital and is expected to survive.

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The gas station owner told Washington the shooter aimed toward the store, where several people were inside. Bullets shattered windows and left a hole in the store's door, but the gas station's owner said if it wasn't for bullet-proof glass he had installed, the situation could have been much worse.

“They just shatter they don’t break completely," the owner told Washington. "From what I was able to learn police were able to get a bullet out of the back of one of the coke coolers.”

Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.