UPDATE: 2 teens killed, 3 other youths injured in SW Atlanta shootout - The Atlanta Journal Constitution

A small aft 5 p.m., officers were called to the Retreat astatine Greenbriar flat analyzable astatine 3000 Continental Colony Parkway successful southwest Atlanta, Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said precocious Saturday. At the complex, investigators recovered some a 14-year-old lad and a 16-year-old lad dead, helium said. Their names were not released.

“We cognize that determination was immoderate benignant of societal media quality that escalated to gunfire,” Hampton said. “One radical of individuals came to the flat with their guns and past the different radical fired their weapons. Both parties fired their weapons.”

Multiple shots were fired wrong an flat and outside, Hampton said. Three others were besides injured, including a 15-year-old girl, an 11-year-old lad and a 15-year-old boy, helium said. The grade of their injuries was not known precocious Saturday, but 1 of the 3 appeared to person been grazed, Hampton said.

At slightest of those progressive successful the shooting were Atlanta Public Schools students, according to police. The probe continued precocious Saturday.

The deadly shooting happened conscionable 3 weeks aft a shooting connected the 17th Street span successful Midtown killed 12-year-old Zyion Charles and 15-year-old lad Cameron Jackson. Investigators person said a radical of teens and juveniles were asked to permission Atlanta Station for violating curfew and unruly behavior.

Moments later, shots were fired connected the adjacent bridge. Investigators person charged 3 teenagers with execution successful that case.

“As I said respective weeks ago, this should beryllium a clip that we’re getting acceptable for the holidays,” Hampton said Saturday night. “But we’ll person astatine slightest 2 families that volition beryllium readying for funerals.”

After the Midtown shooting, Mayor Andre Dickens joined constabulary leaders successful asking parents to cognize their children’s whereabouts.

“I hatred being present talking astir kids and gunfire,” Hampton said. “We conscionable inquire parents to cognize wherever your kids are, cognize what they’re doing. Check rooms. There’s conscionable excessively galore guns successful the hands of our youth.”

Anyone with accusation astir the shooting is asked to taxable a extremity to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta extremity enactment by calling 404-577-TIPS (8477), visiting www.crimestoppersatlanta.org oregon texting CSA and the extremity to CRIMES (274637). Tipsters tin stay anonymous and inactive beryllium eligible for a reward of up to $2,000.