ATLANTA — UDPATE: Police said Friday afternoon that SWAT units have searched the location and "were unable to locate a suspect inside" after police believed a gunman was possibly barricaded inside a building in southwest Atlanta.
"Investigators will now work to identify the suspect in an effort to obtain warrants for his arrest," a police statement said.
Additionally, police said the situation began with a fight inside a store between a clerk and customer, with the clerk shooting the customer.
Police said the customer ran to safety and was taken to a hospital, and that city cameras showed the clerk went into an apartment connected to the store. That's where SWAT gathered, though evidently the clerk made his way elsewhere. Police were said to still be looking for the clerk.
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SWAT is on the scene in an Atlanta neighborhood Friday after a gunman shot another man then possibly barricaded himself inside a building, police said.
According to a statement from the police department, officers responded to 617 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard NW, on the border of English Avenue and Vine City, around 9:15 a.m. to find a man had been shot.
First responders took him to a local hospital then officers began an investigation. Officials found that the man could possibly still be barricaded inside the building they responded to.
That's when SWAT was called to the scene.
Right now, there are limited details available. There is currently no information on whether anyone else was hurt, but police said the man who was shot Friday morning was taken to the hospital alert, conscious, and breathing.
11Alive will update this story as details become available.