A neighbor rushed a shooting victim to a hospital Tuesday morning after the man showed up at his Buckhead apartment door asking for help.
The 29-year-old victim was shot in the jaw, according to Atlanta police. He went to a neighboring unit in the Peachtree Park Apartments complex before being taken to Piedmont Hospital about 2:30 a.m.
Due to the seriousness of his wounds, he was transferred to Grady Memorial Hospital, police spokesman Officer Steve Avery said.
“The neighbor did not witness the shooting,” Avery said in a statement. “... The victim was not able to speak to investigators but was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the jaw.”
The incident is the second shooting Atlanta police have investigated at the apartment complex this year.
In February, 40-year-old Keithan Joran Hillman was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside an apartment and pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police have arrested Michael Miata, 29, in connection with Hillman’s slaying. Miata was taken into custody in New York City days after the Feb. 15 incident.
No suspects are in custody in the latest shooting. The incident remains under investigation.
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