A 31-year-old man was taken to hospital after being shot in Atlanta following an apparent dispute over a drug deal, police said.
Officers were called to Atlanta Fire Rescue Station 9 on Delmar Lane NW at about 1.36am on Saturday, November 14, after reports that a man had suffered a gunshot wound.
Firefighters were treating the injured man when police arrived. He was described as alert, conscious and breathing before being taken to hospital by ambulance.
Atlanta Police Department said the shooting may have followed an argument over a drug sale that escalated into gunfire. Investigators are continuing to establish what happened, and no arrests had been announced.
