Mall security guard shot, in critical condition; 2 teens arrested: Atlanta police

Two teenagers have been arrested after a security guard at an Atlanta mall was shot and critically hurt, police said.

A security guard at an Atlanta mall was shot and critically hurt Sunday night, and now two teenagers -- a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl -- are in custody, police said. The security guard was shot in the torso at the Lenox Square Mall at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Atlanta police said. The suspects allegedly approached the security guard at gunpoint, but other details on the altercation were not immediately clear, Atlanta police Deputy Chief Tim Peek said at a news conference. The victim, only identified as a man in his early 40s, was in critical condition Sunday night, Peek said.