Crime & Public Safety

Attempted robbery may be to blame in deadly DeKalb shooting

Officers are investigating a shooting that left a man dead at a DeKalb County house, police said.
Officers are investigating a shooting that left a man dead at a DeKalb County house, police said.
By Lauren Foreman
Oct 24, 2017

A shooting that left a man dead Tuesday at a DeKalb County house may have started as an attempted robbery, police said.

“There were other people in the house at the time,”  DeKalb police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell said.

The incident took place in the 900 block of Rowland Road.

The man’s name, the motive and other details have not been released.

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