A Riverdale man is being sought by Union City Police in the shooting of five teenagers at Union Station Apartments on Flat Shoals Road Nov. 11. One of the victims, a 13 year-old female, lost one kidney and and her gall bladder as a result of the shooting and remains hospitalized.

Wanted in the multiple shooting is 19 year-old Brian Talaiferro Smith, according to Union City Police Sgt. George Louth. Described as six-feet, two inches tall and weighing 165 pounds, Smith is facing five active warrants for aggravated assault, five counts of aggravated battery and one count of participating in a criminal street gang, Louth said. Smith is an apparent member of a south metro street gang based in Clayton County, Louth said.

Also shot in the incident were four teenage males, ages 15-17. Louth said two of the teenagers were shot in the lower leg an one was shot in the upper leg. The fourth male remains hospitalized after sustaining bullet wounds in the shoulder, arm and upper leg, he said.

Louth said the incident occurred after a party at an adjoining apartment complex had been broken up and some of those attending moved to a vacant apartment at Union Station. It was in the area of Building 34 where the shots were fired, he said.

Louth said Smith was connected or involved in an incident in Riverdale last year where a four year-old child was killed during a shoot-out between rival gangs.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Brian Smith is asked to contact Union City Police at (770) 964-1333.

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