Umm, so this is my apartment complex. In fact, the building next to mine. I wondered why there were cop cars parked outside for a couple hours....

Shooting death leads to HAZMAT scare

By S.A. REID
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/06/08

Atlanta police are investigating the shooting death of a woman on Saturday that also involved a brief evacuation of a Collier Road apartment building.

The victim died at Grady Memorial Hospital, where her boyfriend took her for treatment, said Officer Ronald Campbell, an Atlanta police spokesman. She had been shot in the chest at an apartment in the 1000 block of Collier Road. A call came into police about 3 p.m., Campbell said.

Authorities who arrived later to investigate the death found what appeared to be an inactive methamphetamine lab at that location and called in a hazardous material team and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Campbell said. Substances collected have been shipped to a lab for further testing, Campbell said.

Police have no suspects in the case and declined to release the victim's name until relatives are notified.