The shooting happened at the Anchor Down Grille & Lounge around 5 a.m.in the 2500 block of Piedmont Road, near the Lindbergh MARTA station.
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A woman who was killed after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting at an Atlanta bar parking lot has been identified as a Minnesota state senator’s sister.
Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy said two groups of men were shooting at each other in the parking lot, and Taylor Hayden was hit.
A representative for Hayden did not return a request for comment Saturday.
Taylor grew up in Minneapolis.
The 25-year-old was a student at Prairie View A&M University in Texas and was visiting Atlanta, according to the family friend. Hayden says his sister recently moved to Houston for a job. She was a shining light. “She was doing everything we ask of our children”, he said.
People who work near the bar say it gets crowded.
“They are really busy in there. I don’t know what they do inside”, Imran Rauf said.
The bar is owned by former National Football League player Uche Nwaneri.
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He also wrote that the gunfire was between two rival gangs, though that information hasn’t been independently confirmed by 11Alive with Atlanta Police investigators. No arrests have been made.
