ATLANTA (CBS46) — A cell phone sale took a turn for the worse Wednesday afternoon after a man was shot during the exchange, police say.
The incident happened in the 200 block of Mills Street in northwest Atlanta around 5:05 p.m.
When officers arrived to the scene, they located the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He as transported to a local hospital and was reported to be alert, conscious and breathing.
The victim told Atlanta police that he was selling the suspect a cell phone before the shooting occurred.
Investigators with the Aggravated Assault Unit were notified and are working to determine what led up to the shooting.
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