Police Search for People in Two Atlanta Shootings
亞特蘭大警方搜索兩起槍擊案嫌疑人
Introduction
Police in Atlanta are looking for people in two different shootings. One man died and one child was hurt.
亞特蘭大警方正在尋找兩起不同槍擊案的嫌疑人。一名男子死亡，一名兒童受傷。
Main Body
A man named McKinley Hodges Jr. died on June 16 last year. He was 38 years old. He was at a house on New Hope Road. His father says McKinley wanted to stop making rap music. The father thinks this is why someone killed him.
一名名為 McKinley Hodges Jr. 的男子於去年 6 月 16 日死亡。他當時 38 歲，位於 New Hope Road 的一棟房屋內。他的父親表示 McKinley 想要停止製作饒舌音樂，父親認為這就是有人殺害他的原因。
Other people were in the garage during the shooting. The uncle called the police. The police know people saw the crime, but they do not know who the killer is.
槍擊發生時，車庫內還有其他人。由其叔父報警。警方知道有人目擊了這起犯罪，但不知道兇手是誰。
In another case, a 12-year-old boy was shot near Rosa Burney Park. The police think the shooter did not mean to hit the boy. The boy was just in the wrong place.
在另一起案件中，一名 12 歲男孩在 Rosa Burney Park 附近中彈。警方認為槍手並非有意射擊該男孩，男孩只是恰好在現場。
Conclusion
The police are still looking for the suspects. They want people to tell them what they saw.
警方仍在尋找嫌疑人，希望目擊者能提供線索。
Vocabulary Learning
🕵️ Focus: Describing People and Places
To reach A2, you need to connect Who is doing something with Where it happened.
1. The 'Who' (People) In this story, we see different ways to name people:
- Specific name: McKinley Hodges Jr.
- Family role: His father / The uncle
- General group: The police / The suspects
- Age description: A 12-year-old boy
2. The 'Where' (Locations) Look at how the text points to a place using the word at or near:
- At a house (Inside or exactly at the address)
- Near a park (Close to, but not inside)
3. Simple Pattern for You
Try this formula to describe a situation:
[Person] + [was/were] + [at/near] + [Place]
Example from text: "He was at a house on New Hope Road."