An 18-year-old died after he was shot in the face at a DeKalb County apartment complex Wednesday night, police confirmed.

He was shot at the Oak Forest Apartments off Hatton Drive in Scottdale, DeKalb police told Channel 2 Action News.

The man, identified by police as Rene Betancourt, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition, and he died shortly after arriving at the hospital, Channel 2 reported.

In August, a 10-year-old girl was shot in the arm by a stray bullet while sleeping at the same apartment complex, AJC.com previously reported.

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No other details have been released regarding the man’s death Wednesday. An investigation is ongoing.

A GoFundMe page was set up to help the family cover funeral expenses. It had raised more than $6,000 as of Dec. 3.

In other news:

Investigators say a traffic stop of a driver going nearly 100 mph led police to a stash of guns and drugs and thousands of dollars in cash.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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