Southeast Atlanta shooting, Amtrak crash & State Capitol

Here during this one o'clock hour, let's bring in Fox 5 assignment manager Tanya Mendoza for a check of the stories that we are working on today. Let's start with the breaking news. Tanya, what can you tell us about that shooting? Alright, so we got a phone call that there was a shooting down in the area of Lansing Street near Dorothy Street, southeast Atlanta. We sent our photographer Eric Len out there. I know we had his live camera up just a second ago. If we want to take that again or roll the video, you can see the scene out there. It appears to be in the street near a senior center, I'm told, and not too far from the Ron Clark Academy. What police did confirm and they actually posted just shortly ago on their website was that it's a 37 year old victim. He is alert conscious and breathing and the investigation continues. They do say preliminary investigation indicates that the victim may have approached he may have been approached by two unknown male suspects before he sustained the injury. So we will follow up on that and see if there's any more details. What our photographer on the ground did say was that they were surrounding, police were surrounding and investigating near a lawn care truck. So I don't know if that's connected in any way, but once they finish up their investigation, hopefully we'll get an update. Tyler and while you were talking there, we saw at least two Atlanta police units leave the scene, including that crime scene vehicle. So it's unclear if they're still out there or what exactly the stage of this investigation is. But I know that Eric Glenn will let us know as soon as he gets some more details. But let's turn to another story that we brought to everyone is breaking news during Fox 5 News live at 11 a.m. near the end of the hour. There was a train that slammed into a tractor trailer. What can you tell us about this one? That's right. So in the area of Veterans Memorial Highway and Municipal Parkway over in Douglas County, there was an Amtrak train that hit a tractor trailer. This is, you see the video right there, it looks like a big mess in that area. I have reached out to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, I've also reached out to Amtrak, have not heard back from either one. But what I did see, I noticed that the PIO responded in Facebook comments that no one was injured. So once he updates us, we will let you know, Tyler, but it just looks like a big mess over there and that intersection is probably going to be closed for a while. Yeah, I mean, I have lots of questions about what exactly happened there. We took Sky Fox during the 11 a.m. hour. And as you can see in that video, those cross arms have come down and you can kind of see that the trailer that the truck was carrying was kind of split in two. So obviously, I'm just kind of curious if the truck just ended up stalling on there or what exactly unfolded. But as you mentioned, the public information officer posting on. We'll social media that no one was injured. So that's obviously some good news there. And we know that on Amtrak train, there were probably a number of passengers on board, not just the employees. So be we'll definitely be working to get more details. right And Tyler, I feel like this is happening every week lately in the metro area, train hitting a tractor trailer. I can think of at least three in the past month. So. back. One down in South Florida, where I'm from, the Brightline train, which runs from Miami up to Orlando, especially in the first couple of years of operation for them, they kept getting, they kept hitting different vehicles, and it was just because people were trying to beat the train. Sometimes you just don't want to do that. You want to stop when it has the cross arms come down, because these trains go incredibly fast, and they do not stop quickly. No, no. Well, we'll keep you posted on any updates, Tyler. I want to mention that the Atlanta Police Department will be holding a press conference a little later regarding a homicide that they say took place on November 5th at 2437 Susan Lane Southwest. I've sent reporter Tara Jabbour over to that press conference. They will stream that back live so you can get all the update as it's happening in the two o'clock hour. So stay tuned Tyler. And I believe we also have another thing getting ready to get underway, another news conference getting ready to get underway this hour. And this has to do with politics. What can you tell us about? I guess they're announcing their leadership for the Democratic caucus. Yeah. So Kevin Stewart is over at the state capitol where Democratic House members are expected to select Columbus State Representative Carolyn Hewley as incoming speaker. If this all takes place, which is expected to take place, she would be the first black woman to serve in this role. So big news coming out of the state capitol. We'll be watching for it. And it's Kevin Stewart's going to be there for us, correct? Is that what you said? Yes, Kevin Stewart. OK, we'll be looking for his reports during Fox 5 News Live this afternoon and obviously at 4, 5 and 6. Tanya Mendoza at our assignment desk. Thanks so much for the update. And let us know if you have any breaking news coming. We want to get it to everyone as quickly as possible. Will do. Tanya, thank you.