Man injured after verbal dispute leads to southwest Atlanta shooting

ATLANTA - A late-night verbal dispute escalated to gunfire in the Perkerson neighborhood, leaving a 36-year-old man hospitalized, police said. Atlanta police officers responded around 11:32 p.m. on Friday to reports of a person who had been shot in the 2300 block of Metropolitan Parkway SW. Officers learned the 36-year-old man was taken to Grady Hospital in a private vehicle. Police said the man…