DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for a group who followed a family and fired several shots at them in Stone Mountain.
The family’s adult son was critically injured after being shot four times during the incident on Redan Road.
The mother, along with her adult daughter and son, were walking to a store when they were confronted and taunted by the group in a minivan.
The mother, who asked to not be identified, told Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes that situation escalated when they attempted to seek safety inside a nearby body shop.
“My son is in critical condition at this moment,” the mother said.
The mother recounted how there were no words exchanged initially, but the group seemed to have an agenda.
Her son re-entered the store to check on her safety when he noticed the group.
“These guys were shady people,” she said. “They came with a message you know; they wanted to do something.”
As the family tried to take refuge in a body shop to call the police, shots were fired.
“The dude came through the cut and started shooting off his gun,” the mother described.
She said the woman in the body shop called police, and her son was taken to the hospital with four gunshot wounds.
“He has to have another surgery - 4 shots, hip replacement, foot repair, colon. You know, it’s just a lot,” the mother said.
Police are working to identify the shooters. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS(8477).
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