Police told WSB that two arrests have been made, but are not naming the suspects at this time, due to additional charges pending.
Balloons and crime scene tape still in parking lot of Mt. Zion HS in Clayton Co. after a woman was shot and killed Friday night following a graduation ceremony. Victim is in her 40s and another 21 year old woman was also shot in the leg and survived pic.twitter.com/a58FcZCWg2
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) May 19, 2018
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The shooting happened near Mount Zion High School at the Clayton County Performing Arts Center around 8:45 p.m. Friday.
Police confirm that two people have been shot and one of them is dead near Mt. Zion High School in Jonesboro, Georgia.
A graduation was being held for the Perry Learning Center when the shooting occurred in a nearby overflow parking lot.
That argument led to two women being shot, one fatally.
The woman who was killed was shot multiple times in the chest. The other woman was shot in the leg and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of her wounds.
Multiple police and emergency agencies rushed to the scene on the ground and in the air.
New info here on the shooting at Mt. Zion High School in Clayton County. It happened in a parking lot outside the school. Clayton County fire tells me two women were shot, one in the leg, another multiple times in the chest. The woman who was shot in the chest has died. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/yBEszqMaS7
— Justin Wilfon (@JustinWilfonWSB) May 19, 2018
Glenda Norman said that her grandson was at the school when the shooting happened.
“He went there for something tonight. And I said, ‘Oh my God. I’m going to go down and check on him,’” Norman said.
Investigators said a third woman, who is 36 weeks pregnant, was thrown to the ground in the chaos from the shooting, but is expected to be alright.
Clayton County Fire says the two people shot here at Mt. Zion were not students at the school. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/ZmLKhTH7VS
— Justin Wilfon (@JustinWilfonWSB) May 19, 2018
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