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Triple Shooting In Midtown Atlanta

A gunman shot three women, killing one, in downtown Atlanta on Friday.

Reports by CBS Atlanta state:

Atlanta police released new information Friday evening on the arrest of a security guard charged with killing a woman and wounding two other women in Midtown.

Police announced the arrest of 22-year-old Nkosi Thandiwe shortly after 6 p.m.

According to an APD news release, the suspect released he had been identified by investigators, so he contacted an attorney and later turned himself in.

Police said Thandiwe worked as a security guard in the same building at 1170 Peachtree Street where the three women worked.

The building is directly across the street from the parking deck at 14th Street and Crescent Avenue where the shootings took place at around noon.

Thandiwe is being held at the Fulton County Jail on one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault.

Investigators say Thandiwe ambushed 26-year-old Brittney Watts by opening fire and killing her.

Investigators said one of the surviving victims was shot in the back and the other was shot in the ankle. Both were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in stable condition.

Reports also state that Thandiwe fled the scene, but later turned himself in after learning police had identified him as the shooter.

No motive for the shooting has been released at this time.

Thandiwe’s mugshot is posted below.