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Two teens hospitalized following shooting near Atlanta train tracks

This happened on Lee Street, across the train tracks from Murphey Avenue.

ATLANTA — Atlanta Police are investigating a double shooting that sent two teenagers to the hospital early Saturday morning.

This happened at FP Event Space on Lee Street around 3:30 a.m. There, officers said they found a male victim with a gunshot wound. 

Shortly after, they found a second victim with a gunshot wound nearby on Murphy Avenue and believe he was also injured at the same location on Lee Street.

Both victims (ages 17 and 18) were alert and breathing. Police said they were rushed to the hospital and into surgery.

Officers said the shooting began as a "verbal dispute that escalated to gunfire."

11Alive crew on the scene also spotted a car with bullet holes stuck on the train tracks.

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