Crime & Public Safety

Man found shot to death in vehicle in NW Atlanta

Atlanta police opened a homicide investigation Friday night.
Atlanta police opened a homicide investigation Friday night.
Oct 12, 2019

Homicide detectives are investigating a man’s death after he was found shot in the head in northwest Atlanta, police said.

Just after 8:30 p.m. Friday, police responded to the 100 block of Harwell Road after receiving a call about shots being fired, Atlanta police spokeswoman TaSheena Brown told AJC.com. A man was found dead inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to his head.

The investigation has been labeled as a homicide, and detectives are at the scene. No other information has been released.

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