Crime & Safety

3 People Shot At 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta' Star's Eatery

Three people were shot and wounded on Valentine's Day at a restaurant owned by singer and "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kandi Burruss.

EAST POINT, GA — Three people were shot and wounded on Valentine's Day at a restaurant just outside Atlanta that's owned by singer and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss, the Associated Press reports.

A man entered the Old Lady Gang restaurant in East Point Friday night and targeted another man, East Point police Capt. Allyn Glover told news outlets. Police say two bystanders were also shot, and all three shooting victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses told CBS 46 Atlanta the restaurant was calm and quiet before the shooting.

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"We were waiting for our spot at the Juicy Crab, and we were waiting outside actually at that bench right there," witness Brynae Kinsey told CBS. "We heard two gunshots and I seen somebody run out that door, and I ran."

The police do not have a suspect in custody, AP reports. The names and ages of the people injured weren't immediately released.

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Serving Southern cuisine, Old Lady Gang is owned by Burruss and her husband, Todd Tucker, and named after Burruss' mother and two aunts, according to the restaurant's website. The first restaurant opened in Atlanta in 2016, and the East Point location about 5 miles west of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport followed in 2018. There's also an outpost at the Atlanta Hawks' home, State Farm Arena.

Burruss has been a cast member on the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” since its second season in 2009 and met Tucker, a former line producer, on the show, according to the Associated Press. She's appeared on other shows, including the 2019 iteration of “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition." She became famous in the 1990s as a member of the R&B group Xscape and co-wrote TLC's hit “No Scrubs."


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