Expand / Collapse search
☰

Holiday shopping scare: Shooting erupts near South Fulton Walmart, investigation underway

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Updated  December 23, 2023 12:55am EST
South Fulton
FOX 5 Atlanta

South Fulton shooting at shopping center

A shooting interrupted last-minute shoppers at a South Fulton Walmart on Friday evening. One person was injured.

SOUTH FULTON, Ga. - A shooting interrupted last-minute holiday shopping near the Walmart off Old National Highway. One person was injured, according to the South Fulton Police Department.

Officers responded around 7:30 p.m. Friday to the 6100 block of Old National Highway. 

South Fulton police could only release a few details about the shooting as it is still under investigation but did say there is "no ongoing threat to the public and appears to be an isolated incident."

Witnesses told FOX 5 the parking lot was flooded with officers and medics immediately following the shooting.

The identity and condition of the person shot was not immediately available.

Police tape surround the scene of a shooting in the parking lot of a Walmart in South Fulton on Dec. 22, 2023.

Police tape surround the scene of a shooting in the parking lot of a Walmart in South Fulton on Dec. 22, 2023. (FOX 5)

It was not clear if a shooter had been taken into custody.