By Associated Press - Friday, June 23, 2017

ATLANTA (AP) - Six people are injured and one person is dead after several shots were fired into an Atlanta home.

Media outlets report Atlanta police responded just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday to a house in southwest Atlanta and found seven people shot - six men and one woman. One man died at the scene. His identity hasn’t been released.

Homicide Commander Ricardo Vasquez tells WXIA-TV that investigators believe the shooting was in retaliation to another shooting earlier in the evening on a nearby street. No one was injured in the earlier shooting.

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He says there are no suspects at this time. Police believe more than one person shot into the home.

The victims were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and Atlanta Medical Center.

Police are continuing to investigate.

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