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Police in DeKalb County, Georgia, are on the hunt for gunmen who opened fire at a home in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving.
Four people were injured when the assailants opened fire, discharging more than 100 rounds at the home on Cascade Manor Drive in Decatur, Georgia, just before 3 a.m., Lieutenant. Shane Smith with the DeKalb County Police Department told Newsweek.
The victims, who range in age from 37 to 57, are all expected to survive. Three other people inside the home at the time of the shooting were uninjured.
"When officers arrived, they located four victims in the residence with various gunshot wounds," Smith told Newsweek. "All four were transported to area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. While two patients had critical injuries, all four are expected to survive."
Smith said initial information obtained at the scene indicates everyone involved in the shooting was inside the residence when unknown perpetrators fired more than 100 rounds into the house.
Decatur is 6 miles northeast of Atlanta. The crime rate in DeKalb County, where Decatur is located, is 44.35 per 1,000 residents, according to data from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The violent crime rate in DeKalb is 4.411 per 1,000 residents.
No arrests have been made, and Newsweek will continue to follow this story.
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