<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Three people were shot dead in a targeted attack in Atlanta, the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia, on Saturday afternoon, said local police.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Officers responded to a call reporting that someone had been shot in the city's West End neighborhood around 1:30 p.m. (1730 GMT), the Associated Press quoted police as saying.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;The shooting occurred near a mall, police said in a news release, adding that a preliminary probe showed a man opened fire at two people, one of whom fired back. All three were shot and died. Xinhua</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>