Man dead in shooting at South Fulton home

South Fulton police investigate a fatal shooting at a home on Merrywood Drive on Monday morning.

Credit: Christine Tannous / CHRISTINE.TANNOUS@AJC.COM

Credit: Christine Tannous / CHRISTINE.TANNOUS@AJC.COM

South Fulton police investigate a fatal shooting at a home on Merrywood Drive on Monday morning.

South Fulton police are investigating an overnight shooting that left a man dead inside a home.

Few details about the Monday morning shooting have been released. Police got a call shortly after 3 a.m. about a person shot inside a residence in the 6800 block of Merrywood Drive, in a neighborhood off Bethsaida Road.

“The victim has died from his injuries,” South Fulton police spokesman Lt. Derrick Rogers said in an email. “There are no suspects in custody at this time.”

No other information about the victim, including his name, was provided. It was not known if he resided in the Merrywood Drive home.

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