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>>> WE
>>> WE 4@BEGIN WITH VIDEO ATLAN POLICE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT. 4@
THIS IS THE SUSPECT WANTED IN
THE SHOOTING NEAR THE
UNIVERSITY OF 4@ATLANTA CENTER.
FOUR STUDENTS WERE HIT BY
GUNFIRE.
GUNFIRE.
GUNFIRE. >> YOUNG WOMEN WERE CAUGHT IN
THE CROSSFIRE.
THE CROSSFIRE. THEY WERE NOT TARGETED.
THE ONLY PICTURE WE HAVE OF A
VICTIM IS AN 18-YEAR-OLD FROM
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
THE MAYOR POSTED ABOUT HER ON
THE FACEBOOK PAGE TODAY.
OTHER VICTIMS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD
AND 19-YEAR-OLD.
AND 19-YEAR-OLD. THEY WERE STUDENTS AT SMELLMAN
AND CLARK ATLANTA.
>>> TONIGHT, WE ARE LOOKING
CLOSER AT SAFETY CONCERNS.
FIRST, DOUG RICHARDS SHARES A
STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO HELPED
SAVE A VICTIM'S LIFE.
>> Reporter: THIS STARTED OFF
AS A CELEBRATION.
KIDS FRESH OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL 4@
WHO WERE CELEBRATING THEIR NEW
LIVES AS COLLEGE STUDENTS HERE
AT THE AU CAMPUS.
IT 4@WAS AN EVENING OF
FESTIVITIES THAT WAS RUINED BY
GUNFIRE AND BLOODSHED. 4@
>> YOU ARE GOING TO THE PARTY
EXPECTING OF THE FUN.
>> Reporter: MOREHOUSE FRESHMAN
HAD JUST MET ANOTHER FRESHMAN. @
LAST SPRING, SPENCER 4@ANNOUNCE
ON TWITTER HER ATTENTION TO
ATTEND SPELLMAN COLLEGE.
THEY WERE AT THE PARTY.
>> WE HEARD THE FIRST SHOT. 4@4@
THEN FOUR CONSECUTIVE SHOTS.
>> Reporter: PARAMEDIC WERE
SUMMONED.
SUMMONED.
SUMMONED. >> TALKING TO HER ABOUT HE4@R
MAJOR.
MAJOR.
MAJOR. MAKE SURE SHE WAS GOING TO BE
OKAY. 4@
OKAY. 4@
OKAY. 4@ SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT MISSING
CLASS TOMORROW.
CLASS TOMORROW. SHE IS A FIGHTER, FOR SURE.
>> Reporter: FROM HER HOSPITAL
BED, SPENCER WROTE A TWEET THAT
SAID THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL
PRAYERS.
PRAYERS.
PRAYERS. CAN'T REALLY REPLY TO PEOPLE.
I'M HERE.
I'M HERE.
I'M HERE. I'M ALIVE.
I'M ALIVE. GOD GOT ME.
Y'ALL GOT ME.
>> Reporter: GOING TO COLLEGE
IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING
TIMES IN A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE.
>> IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. THE
TIME. THE PAST WEEK HAS BEEN GREAT UP
UNTIL LAST NIGHT. 4@
>> Reporter: SPENCER IS FROM
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
SHE IS ACQUAINTED WITH THAT
TOWN'S MAYOR.
TOWN'S MAYOR. THE MAYOR WROTE ON A FACEBOOK
PAGE TODAY 4@THAT SPENCER WAS
PART OF A YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
TO THE MAYOR.
SHE WAS WELL-KNOWN AROUND CITY
HALL.
HALL.
HALL. THE
HALL. THE MAYOR WROTE IN THE POST SHE
IS GRATEFUL SPENCER IS
RECOVERING FROM THE GUNSHOT
WOUND.
WOUND.
WOUND. >>
WOUND. >> WITHIN THE LAST HOUR WE
LEARNED HOW SPENCER'S FAMILY IS
STRUGGLING TO BE BY HER SIDE IN
THE CITY WHILE SHE RECOVERS.
THE FAMILY SET UP A GOFUNDME
DESCRIBING HOW SHE WAS SHOT
NEAR HER HEART.
THEY SAY THEIR PRIORITY IS TO
BE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH HER.
HER MOM SPENT ALL THE MONEY SHE
HAS JUST TO GET HER OFF TO
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. THEY ARE ASKING FOR SOME HELP
WITH THE MEDICAL BILLS AS SHE
RECOVERS FROM SURGERY. 4@4@
WE HAVE A LINK TO THE GOFUNDME
PAGE ON THE 11ALIVE APP.
>>> THE MAYOR IS KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON THE SITUATION
OFFERING A STATEMENT SAYING WE,
AS A COMMUNITY, WILL 4@WORK WIT
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER,
CAMPUS POLICE AND COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITIES TO TAKE ACTION TO
KEEP OUR CAMPUSES SAFE.
YOU CAN READ THE FULL STATEMENT
ON OUR 11ALIVE APP.
GOVERNOR KEMP TWEETING THIS
AFTERNOON, PLEASE NOTIFY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IF YOU
HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING
THESE SUSPECTS.
THESE SUSPECTS. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE
STUDENTS RECOVERING FROM THEIR
INJURIES AT GRADY HOSPITAL.
AS WOULD BE EXPECTED, SAFETY IS
TOP OF MIND FOR STUDENTS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> FOR IT 4@TO BE ON YOUR CAMPU
WHERE YOU LIVE, IT IS VERY,
VERY SCARY.
VERY SCARY. I WAS CALLING MY MOM MAKING
SURE SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING IS
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. I
OKAY. I WOULD THINK CAMPUS IS A SAFE
PLACE BUT NOW THAT I KNOW IT IS
NOT, AS SCARY.
>> GUNFIRE BRINGS BACK PAINFUL
MEMBERS FOR ONE MOTHER WHOSE
DAUGHTER WAS MURDERED ON THE
CLARK CAMPUS A DECADE AGO IN
2009.
2009.
2009. HOPE FORD SPOKE WITH 4@HER BRIN
PHONE EARLIER TODAY.
>> HER DAUGHTER WAS KILLED TEN
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. THE 19-YEAR-OLD WAS HIT BY A
STRAY BULLET DURING A FIGHT
BETWEEN A GROUP OF 4@4@STUDENT
NONSTUDENTS ON CLARK'S CAMPUS,
NOT FAR FROM LAST NIGHT'S
SHOOTING. 4@4@
SHOOTING. 4@4@ LYNN'S MOM SUED CLARK IN 2009
SAYING THE SCHOOL DIDN'T DO
ENOUGH TO KEEP HER DAUGHTER
SAFE.
SAFE.
SAFE. THE
SAFE. THE LAWSUIT WAS RESOLVED.
FRANKLIN DID TELL ME ON THE
PHONE SHE RELIVED THE MURDER OF
HER DAUGHTER AFTER 4@READING TH
NEWS OF THE FOUR STUDENTS SHOT.
SHE SAYS SHE HOPES THE
UNIVERSITY INCREASES PATROLS.
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY
TOLD ME THEY BELIEVE CLARK HAD
A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE
BETTER SECURITY TO THE STUDENTS
ON CAMPUS.
ON CAMPUS. STUDENTS WE TALKED TO TODAY
SAID THE SAME THING.
>> LAST YEAR WHEN 4@I WENT HERE
I KNEW WE WEREN'T IN A GOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD. 4@
NEIGHBORHOOD. 4@ I THOUGHT CAMPUS WAS A SAFE
PLACE FOR US.
BUT NOW THAT IT IS NOT, IT 4@IS
SCARY.
SCARY.
SCARY. >>
SCARY. >> THERE WAS A 3:00 SAFETY
MEETING AT THE UNIVERSITY
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. THE PRESIDENT SAID THEY ARE
WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY
DIRECTOR TO ENSURE A SAFE
4@
DIRECTOR TO ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU. 4@
AGAIN, THIS IS VIDEO ATLANTA
POLICE WANT YOU TO SEE.
THE SUSPECT IN THE AUC
SH4@OOTING.
SH4@OOTING. CRIMESTOPPERS IS OFFERING A
$2,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO AN ARREST.
YOU CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE VIDEO ON THE 11ALIVE APP. 4@
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