Police said Smith was a basketball standout at Carver High School and was visiting a friend when the shooting happened.

Friends and family are mourning the shooting death of an 18-year-old basketball star who had dreams of majoring in Criminal Justice

Atlanta police investigate a deadly drive-by shooting on Christmas Eve in the Pittsburgh neighborhood on Dec. 24, 2024. A deadly drive-by shooting occurred in southwest Atlanta on Christmas Eve around 6 p.m. The incident took place in the 1100 block of Smith Street near Roy Street.

ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating after a woman was shot to death on Christmas Eve. Around 6 p.m., officers responded to a person shot call at 1113 Smith Street SW. When police arrived, they found a woman with an apparent gunshot wound. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Visitors are not being allowed at Robins Meadow Transitional Housing until further notice, Cumberland County leaders say.

A Hughes police officer shot and killed a woman on Christmas Eve. HPD and Saint Francis County Sheriff’s Office were both called to the scene of a woman with a gun outside Hughes Church of God on Main Street around 7 p.