ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in an affluent Buckhead neighborhood Thursday morning.
Channel 2′s Tom Regan learned that parents who were driving their children to school spotted the victim bleeding in the driveway of a vacant lot and called 911.
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Homicide detectives are still on the scene off Peachtree Battle Avenue, where they are working to determined the identity of the victim, who they said is a man in his mid 40s or 50s.
“We don’t believe he lived in the immediate area,” police said. “He doesn’t seem to be from the neighborhood.”
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Regan spoke with neighbors who were out on a run and shocked to learn about the shooting.
“Kids and families walk through these neighborhoods,” Patrick Lewis said. “It’s just unfortunate that these kinds of things happen.”
Police have not identified the victim but said he in his late 40s or early 50s. Police said they are also working to determine a motive.
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