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Shootout at convenience store leads to SWAT response in Atlanta neighborhood

SWAT investigation shuts down streets in southwest Atlanta

Atlanta police blocked off a neighborhood for a SWAT investigation on Monday morning. Channel 2 Action News has learned that officers responded after a shootout at a convenience store.

Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter reported live along Ralph David Abernathy in southwest Atlanta throughout Channel 2 Action News This Morning starting at 4:30 a.m.

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Kleinpeter saw SWAT teams outside a home on Windsor Street and a large perimeter stretching from Garibaldi Street to Cooper Street along Ralph David Abernathy Blvd with multiple roads blocked off.

Investigators said they believe there was a shootout at the convenience store and some of the gunfire hit a home on Windsor Street. That prompted SWAT teams to clear the home and make sure no one was inside.

Police said no one is in custody at this point. Police started to let neighborhood roads reopen around 6:30 a.m.

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