Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in DeKalb

A pedestrian was killed Sunday night in a hit-and-run in DeKalb County, Channel 2 Action News reported.

The man was walking along Moreland Avenue at Woodstock Road in southeast Atlanta when a vehicle hit him sometime after 10 p.m. without stopping, the news station reported.

DeKalb police have not provided a description of the vehicle or released the name of the victim.

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