Teen critically injured in police shooting near Six Flags in Georgia

Officers with the Cobb County Police Department responded to the popular amusement park around 6.15pm to assist with crowd control when the shooting unfolded, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a press release.

Park security had called police to help disperse “a sizable unruly crowd” of 500 to 600 people “running through the park and fighting,” Cobb County police said in a statement.

“At some point, multiple people began shooting, hitting an unoccupied CCPD marked patrol car,” according to the GBI release.

“As officers identified where the shots were coming from, they ran after people who had run into the woods. During the incident, one CCPD officer fired his weapon, hitting one minor.”

The teenager, whose identity has not been released, was transported to Grady Hospital and remains in critical condition. Police said a handgun was recovered near the teen, but no further details were released.

No one else was injured.