# Safety: Atlanta

Updated Fri Nov 6, 4:40 PM Eastern. Most important first.

- [Suspect detained after gunshots reported at Dunwoody apartments](/atlanta/stories/6b71f83da4.md) [developing]: Police said a suspect was detained after multiple gunshots were reported early Friday at a Dunwoody apartment complex. (FOX 5 Atlanta, 2026-11-06 15:59 EST)
- [Reported explosion damages DeKalb County hotel building](/atlanta/stories/973557df47.md) [developing]: Fire investigators are examining the cause of a reported explosion Thursday evening that damaged a DeKalb County hotel and blew out windows. (FOX 5 Atlanta, 2026-11-05 20:41 EST)
- [Stray gunfire injures 2 women at southwest Atlanta apartments](/atlanta/stories/51cef61e4b.md): Police said two women were hospitalized after stray bullets from a shootout hit their apartment walls Thursday afternoon. (Atlanta News First (CBS), 2026-11-05 20:14 EST)
- [Woman dies days after shooting, Atlanta police say](/atlanta/stories/eda1c8f50f.md): Police said a woman who had been shot multiple times died days later. Officers were called to Murphy Avenue and Osborne Street, found the victim and called an ambulance. (Atlanta News First (CBS), 2026-11-06 13:23 EST)
- [Atlanta man convicted in nationwide fentanyl trafficking ring](/atlanta/stories/7a3eefdc48.md): A federal jury convicted Roderick Battle, 49, of leading a nationwide drug trafficking ring that hid fentanyl and methamphetamine in guitar amplifiers, prosecutors said. (CBS News Atlanta, 2026-11-06 13:53 EST)
- [Woman dies in single-car crash in DeKalb County](/atlanta/stories/df02e7909c.md): DeKalb County police said a woman died in a single-car crash. Police are trying to determine what led to the crash. (Atlanta News First (CBS), 2026-11-06 13:54 EST)
- [Jeep crashes into school building in DeKalb County](/atlanta/stories/43bbe624a3.md): A driver crashed a Jeep into a school building off Lavista Road in DeKalb County on Friday morning. The crash caused property damage and no injuries were reported. (FOX 5 Atlanta, 2026-11-06 08:42 EST)
- [Search continues for infant abducted from Atlanta home in 1978](/atlanta/stories/3b7c9593c4.md): Officials say Raymond Green was taken from his Atlanta home five days after his birth in 1978; he has not been seen since. (CBS News Atlanta, 2026-11-06 16:19 EST)
- [Report examines murder charge against mother in toddler's death](/atlanta/stories/bdaaa31ae7.md): Atlanta News First Investigates reviewed police and DFCS records in a toddler's death case, and spoke with officers, a judge and a forensic psychiatrist. (Atlanta News First (CBS), 2026-11-05 18:37 EST)