Shooting in Atlanta kills 1 person, wounds 5
SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++EDIT CONTANS ONLY SOUNDBITESNO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; MUST CREDIT WSB; NO ACCESS ATLANTA MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKSWSB - NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; MUST CREDIT WSB; NO ACCESS ATLANTA MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKSAtlanta - 27 November 2022HEADLINE: Shooting in Atlanta kills 1 person, wounds 51. SOUNDBITE: (English) Darin Schierbaum, Atlanta Police Chief:"Well, everyone involved yesterday was a teenager and we recovered three handguns from this location. Handguns in the wrong hands leads to tragedy. Handguns at a moment of anger leads to tragedy."2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Darin Schierbaum, Atlanta Police Chief:"The individuals that were involved in the gunplay knew each other. They were not strangers. They had had a conflict earlier in the in the month that came to a culmination right here when they came across each other."3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andre Dickens, mayor of Atlanta:"We're asking that anyone that has camera footage either from their vehicle or their property, to please cooperate and give APD that information as they can."4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andre Dickens, mayor of Atlanta:"This is a group project that this entire village has to chip in on this. That to reduce the gun violene, to reduce the issues that are plaguing our communities, it's going to take everyone from corporate, from corporations to parents to school teachers, principals to the Atlanta Police Department, to everybody in between."ANNOTATION: "Mayor Andre Dickon expressed his condolences to the victim's family Saturday and encouraged the community to come together."5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andre Dickens, mayor of Atlanta:"Coming into this weekend, people under the age of 20 accounted for around 7% of the homicide victims and 13% of the suspects in 2022. So this year, we've seen a reduction in youth-related violence. But tonight, last night, we saw its ugliest."ANNOTATION: "Police said the shooting occurred after a group of people was escorted off the Atlantic Station open-air mall property by security."6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lisa Herring, superintendent Atlanta Public Schools:"Tomorrow we return back to our day to day operations of schooling. It is imperative, parents, that if your child is in need of additional support, that you let us know within our schools whether that's Atlanta public schools or any of our surrounding districts."++EDIT ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++STORYLINE:Police say a shooting in an Atlanta neighborhood killed one person and wounded five.The Atlanta Police Department said several shots were fired during a dispute around 8 p.m. Saturday on the 17th Street bridge in Atlantic Station, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.Everyone involved in the dispute was a teenager, said Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum.Mayor Andre Dickon expressed his condolences to the victim's family Saturday and encouraged the community to come together."And so, as I said earlier, this is a group project that this entire village has to chip in on this. That's a reduce the gun violence. to reduce the issues that are plaguing our communities. It's going to take everyone from corporate, from corporations to parents to school teachers, principals to the Atlanta Police Department, to everybody in between," he said.Police said the shooting occurred after a group of people was escorted off the Atlantic Station open air mall property by security and off-duty Atlanta police officers.===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory.
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