ATLANTA (AP) - Police say a shooting outside The Varsity restaurant in midtown Atlanta has led to a major street closure during the morning rush hour.
Atlanta police tell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that one person was shot on Spring Street before dawn Tuesday. Spring Street was shut down between Ponce de Leon and North avenues in front of the restaurant.
Police Capt. William Ricker told reporters at the scene that officers responded shortly before 6 a.m. after gunshots were heard in the area. They found a 23-year-old man wounded, outside a vehicle in the parking lot.
Police say he was taken to Atlanta Medical Center in serious condition.
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