Man fatally shot in Gainesville

A 47-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday night, Gainesville police said.

Officers responded about 9:30 p.m. to the area of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Carlton Street, Sgt. Kevin Holbrook said.

Dennis Ronald Gayton, who has no current address, had a gunshot wound, Holbrook said. Gayton was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.