Crime & Public Safety
JUST IN: Man dies after being shot in the head in Atlanta
Officers were sent to a home in the 1700 block of Marietta Road about 4 p.m. Wednesday.
June 19, 2019
A man was killed Wednesday afternoon after being shot in the head outside a home in Atlanta, police said.
Officers were sent to the home in the 1700 block of Marietta Road about 4 p.m., Atlanta police spokesman James White said. When they arrived, they found the man in the parking area the residents shared.
He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died.
Investigators are trying to determine what led to the shooting, White said. An investigation is ongoing.
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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.
