4 people, including 2 students, shot near Atlanta college campus

ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - Police are investigating a shooting near Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta, WANF reports.

Officers responded to a RaceTrac gas station on Piedmont Avenue at 5 a.m. Sunday. Four people were shot, including three women and one man, police said.

Three of the victims had already taken themselves to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries by the time authorities arrived, while police found the fourth in critical condition and took her to Grady Memorial Hospital.

Two of the victims are students at Georgia State University, the university confirmed.

The university said two people not involved with the school exchanged gunfire at John Wesley Dobbs Avenue and Cortland Street, with the students as innocent bystanders.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with those who were injured and their families,” said Georgia State’s President Brian Blake in a statement released Sunday.

Police said the shooting began when two groups started fighting, adding that there was a “large crowd” at the gas station, which is across the street from University Commons, a student housing facility, and the Piedmont Central Dining Hall.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Several businesses in the area have announced closures after the incident.

Last December, a Georgia State University student was shot and killed at the same gas station.

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