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Deadly shooting in moving Atlanta metro train

Deadly shooting in moving Atlanta metro train
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One person is dead and three others were injured after a gunman opened fire on a local metro train in the US state of Georgia on Thursday.

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One person is dead and three others were injured after a gunman opened fire on a local metro train in the US state of Georgia on Thursday.

A suspect was arrested when the train stopped at the next station in Atlanta.

Initial reports suggested the shooter appeared to fire on passengers at random.

Gunfire erupted aboard a Blue Line train at about 4:30 p.m local time, shortly after it left a station on the city’s west side, Joseph Dorsey, deputy chief of the MARTA police, said at a news conference.

MARTA is the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

“As the train was in motion, the suspect fired several shots toward the victims,” Dorsey said.

1 killed, 3 wounded in shooting at Atlanta metro stations, media reports say https://t.co/ByeliZ85g1 pic.twitter.com/YWgxt33NIk

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) 14 avril 2017

with Reuters

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