COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Witnesses described a chaotic scene where they said shots were fired Thursday in a residential townhome complex along Godby Road, leaving three people hurt. College Park Police said a woman and two men were hurt in the parking area at the Windsor Forrest Subdivision.
Some of the witnesses said the rapid gunfire sounded like a war.
One man said his mother was wounded as she was coming home from a dialysis appointment in a rideshare; someone opened fire, sending bullets everywhere, including into cars and nearby homes-- and into the car where she was still sitting.
"She was in the backseat and the Uber driver was getting out to let her out, but then that’s when they started shooting," her son said. "And then he had to get on the ground."
A neighbor told 11Alive she heard the gunshots as well, from inside her home.
"And then all you heard was a lady screaming, saying 'help,'" she said.
She ran outside to the woman, who had been shot in the leg, and applied a tourniquet while the ambulance was on the way.
Witnesses said shell casings were left everywhere behind the gunfire. Cars were also damaged, including the rideshare driver's vehicle.
"Three of my neighbors’ houses got hit," said Stephanie McDade. "One lady was saying that normally where she sits to watch her TV, there’s a big hole in her couch, her TV’s destroyed. You know, we work and we’re just trying to live our lives and be happy and you got people that come in that don’t necessarily live here, they come in and they do stuff like that and it’s frustrating."
College Park Police detectives said the preliminary investigation indicates several people were in the parking lot when the gunfire erupted, there was an exchange of gunfire, and that a gunman left the scene and went toward South Hampton Estates before police arrived.
Officers canvassed the area with a K-9 but didn't find any suspects.
McDade said she's lived in Windsor Forrest for seven years, hears gunfire frequently, worries for everyone in the area-- and doesn't know where she could move to be safe.
"I don't like it, but what can you do? Just stay in your house, pray, and duck when you hear the bullets, and pray you don't get hit."
Police continue to investigate. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the College Park Police Department at 404-761-3131. Those who want to remain anonymous can call the College Park Tip Line at 404-768-8664 or Crime Stoppers 404-577-TIPS (8477).
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