Police: Two shot in drug deal on Georgia State campus

ATLANTA - Police say two people have been shot in a drug deal on the campus of Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta.

GSU Police Deputy Chief Carlton Mullis says a student approached two people in a car in a dormitory parking lot around 9:30 p.m. Monday. He says the student got in the car, intending to sell drugs to the occupants.

Mullis says there was an exchange of gunfire between the student and the driver.

He says the driver was shot three times, and the student was shot once. They were taken to a hospital for treatment. Their conditions were not immediately known.

The passenger was taken into custody. Mullis said authorities plan to charge all three in connection with the incident.

None of the three was immediately identified.

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