18-year-old found fatally shot in NW Atlanta

An 18-year-old was fatally shot Friday afternoon in northwest Atlanta, police said.

Officers were called to a residential area in the 400 block of Fairlock Lane, just north of I-20 and west of I-285 near Collier Park, around 5:45 p.m.

There, officials said they found the teenager suffering from a gunshot wound.

The teen was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as Chase X. Evans by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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No other details were released about the incident or the suspected shooter.

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