DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb Police are investigating a "shots fired" call in the area of Interstate 20 Friday afternoon.
The DeKalb Police Department said officers were in the preliminary stage of investigating and not much information is available at this time.
Police said no injuries are being reported at this time.
This is an ongoing investigation, we will continue to update as we learn more.
While police said it appears that no one has been hurt in this case, there have been other recent events were gunfire erupted along metro Atlanta interstates this year.
DeKalb County Police investigated an interstate shooting on I-285 Northbound, south of Church Street, on Thursday. One adult was injured and taken to the hospital.
Thursday's incident brought total for shootings on interstates passing through the metro area for 2021 to at least 16. This total only includes shootings where police suspect someone shot from one car into or at another car.
Of those shootings, 10 are being investigated by Atlanta Police and three are being investigated by DeKalb Police. Clayton County, Gwinnett County, and Coweta County Police have each taken at least one report this year for interstate shootings. On Thursday, 11Alive followed up with the police departments investigating each shooting and could only confirm a single arrest in any of the shootings. It was connected to a shooting in Coweta County in April.