A person has died after being discovered shot outdoors a McDonald's in Georgia's DeKalb County, police mentioned.

Officers responded to the scene within the 4000 block of Memorial Drive in Decatur at round 10 p.m.on Monday evening, the DeKalb County Police Division advised Fox 5.

After they arrived, they discovered a person who had sustained gunshot wounds. The person, who has not been named, was transported to a close-by hospital, the place he later died from his accidents.

Authorities haven't revealed any particulars concerning the circumstances of the capturing, or supplied any details about a suspect.

The DeKalb County Police Division and McDonald's have been contacted for remark.

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Inventory photograph reveals an indication for McDonald's in Los Angeles. A person who was discovered shot outdoors a McDonald's in Georgia has died in hospital.Epics/Getty Photos

Monday evening's capturing got here lower than 24 hours after a person was discovered shot useless on a sidewalk outdoors a luxurious condo constructing in Atlanta.

Desmond Key, 35, was discovered outdoors Dagny Flats on Juniper Avenue in Midtown at round 2.30 a.m. on Monday, in accordance with CBS46.

Police mentioned they imagine that capturing was focused after talking with witnesses, the station reported. No suspects are in custody in reference to the capturing.

The shootings function the most recent instance of what has been described as an epidemic of gun violence claiming lives throughout the nation.

They occurred a day after a lethal mass capturing in downtown Sacramento, California, prompted renewed calls from President Joe Biden for stricter firearms legal guidelines throughout the nation.

"We should do greater than mourn; we should act," Biden mentioned in a press release. "That's the reason my Administration has taken historic government motion to implement my complete gun crime discount technique—from standing up gun trafficking strike forces to serving to cities throughout the nation broaden neighborhood violence interventions, and rent extra law enforcement officials for neighborhood policing."

However he requested Congress to take most of the steps nationwide that California already has in place, together with imposing background checks for all gun gross sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and outlawing ghost weapons (unserialized and untraceable firearms purchased on-line and assembled at house).

"Cross my funds proposal, which might give cities extra of the funding they should fund the police and fund the crime prevention and intervention methods that may make our cities safer," the president added. "These are only a few of the steps Congress urgently must take to save lots of lives."

There have been greater than 11,000 deaths attributable to weapons within the U.S. up to now this yr, in accordance with the Gun Violence Archive (GVA).

Greater than 400 of these killed had been minors, together with 80 kids aged 11 or underneath, whereas one other 973 minors have been injured in shootings, the GVA reported.