A 19-year-old man was shot and fatally wounded Thursday night outside Northside Hospital in Sandy Springs, and police were seeking an attacker who may have been seen running from the scene.

The shooting happened about 6:40 p.m. in the 1001 block of Johnson Ferry Road.


Police identified the victim as Melvin Vernell III, of Corbin Lake Court in Sandy Springs. A motive for the shooting was not known.

The incident happened about 6:40 p.m. in the 1001 block of Johnson Ferry Road, Sandy Springs police said. A man was found shot multiple times in a car parked on the second level of a parking deck off Hollis Cobb Drive next to the Northside Hospital Women’s Center.

The victim was taken to nearby Northside Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Witnesses indicated to investigators that they saw at least one suspect running from the parking deck toward Johnson Ferry Road. Police said that as Thursday night they knew of no connection between the shooting and the hospital or its Women’s Center.

The parking deck has video surveillance cameras but it was not known if they captured any useful images.

One of the visitors who found themselves caught up in the lockdown was state Sen. Charlie Bethel (R-Dalton).

“We arrived around 6:30 to visit my brother and sister-in-law – my wife’s family had baby today at Northside Women’s Center – and as we arrived, there was a disturbance in the parking lot,” Bethel told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a phone interview.

“As we entered the hospital, we were escorted to an empty patient room with other visitors,” he said. “Another family said that as they were beginning to leave, they heard shots and were hurried back into the hospital.”

Hospital officials, Bethel said, “just asked us to go, close the doors and stay away from the windows.”

The visitors were let out of the room about 8:30 p.m., he said.

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Dude could've been bigger. I was a fan of him and Boosie and Boosie just passed that murder charge and dude won't even get to see each other again. Sad when you get popped right front of a hospital. SMH. RIP my brother....

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May he RIP...to young to be leaving here

Tragic

they gonna be cutting up in Baton Rouge over this all weekend.

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I won't pretend to know who he is, but any loss of life, especially that young is sad. Sending prayers and healing energy to those mourning this loss...may he rest in paradise.

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The same crap almost happened to me.


I was dl'g some of his music w/ another artist. And not even 5 mins later, I went to another site and found out about it. I mean I had just finished dl'g it and scanned it and then went to another hip hop site and found out the bad news. I can't believe this here.....

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RIP

so young!

this is why I can't fuck with guns, seriously there is no fucking need for it!

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oh my lord my heart just dropped! Oh my gosh. My prayers are with his family and Trill Ent.

And Count My Money Backwards was my shit and Doe Doe

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Sad....Cant wait for the Details. I just hope that please, please, don't let some Louisiana rapper give an internet magazine "interview" or post a "tweet" that starts some "ATL Vs. Louisiana" Beef. There's already a few clowns on twitter saying stuff like "ATL HAtiiN oN Da BoOT...RIP LIL PHAT"

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Damn!!! This kid was young as hell!!!! Smh.....R.I.P.


Prayers go out to his family & friends.

Damn RIP! I had no idea that he was so young.

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