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5-year-old, 3 women stabbed at Union City apartment complex

Police are searching for answers in a mass stabbing that sent three women and a 5-year-old to the hospital Tuesday night in Union City.

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The Union City Police Department tells FOX 5 that officers were called out to the Arcadia Apartments on the 5100 block of Thompson Road at around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
When they got to the scene, officers say they saw three adult women with multiple lacerations and entry wounds on parts of both their upper and lower torsos. A 5-year-old child was found suffering from multiple lacerations as well.

Man critically wounded in drive-by shooting at DeKalb County barbershop

Police say the man was leaving the barbershop when someone drove by an opened fire. He's now fighting for his life in a local hospital.

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Authorities say the act of violence happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. at a barbershop in a shopping center off of the 2400 block of Wesley Chapel Road.

30 dogs seized from Lithonia properties in animal cruelty case, police say

A spokesperson for the department tells FOX 5 they believe 29 dogs in total have been removed.

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22-year-old shooting victim says he was randomly targeted

The victim told police he was on his porch when a group of men approached him and began shooting.

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Police responded to the shooting around 9 p.m. on Columbia Drive in Decatur. They found the victim who had been grazed by a bullet on his shoulder.
The victim told police he was on his porch when a group of men approached him and began shooting. He said he didn't know why they opened fire on him.

Employees recognize man using stolen credit card to buy Macbook

Police said store employees recognized the suspect from previous shopping sprees in which he allegedly used fraudulent credit cards to purchase merchandise.

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Peachtree City Police say that 32-year-old Dontavious Marqueze Parks was flashing a large amount of cash in a Best Buy store just minutes before buying an Apple Macbook Pro computer. Police said store employees had recognized Parks from previous shopping sprees in which he allegedly used fraudulent credit cards to purchase merchandise. So when he made the purchase with another fraudulent card, they called police.
Parks, who allegedly purchased the laptop with a bad credit card, was charged with identity fraud and obstructing law enforcement. Police said he is wanted by seven jurisdictions and some of the charges include violent crimes.

Dontavious Marqueze Parks

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Police said they spotted Hines coming out of the woods near the subdivision. The 33-year-old driver was taken into custody and was facing multiple charges for felony crimes both at the Best Buy and the police chase.

2 victims shot at Buckhead apartment complex

Atlanta police are investigating a double shooting near Lenox Square Tuesday evening.

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ATLANTA - Atlanta police are investigating a double shooting near Lenox Square Tuesday evening.
Police say the two victims were shot at the 32 Hundred Lenox Apartment Homes in Buckhead near the mall.