Real estate investor hit by vehicle, killed in Sandy Springs; death ruled homicide
An Atlanta real estate investor’s death has been ruled a homicide by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Hamid Jahangard, 60, was hit by a vehicle in a neighborhood off River Valley Road in Sandy Springs last Tuesday, according to a police incident report obtained by AJC.com. A 2011 Mercedes CLS 550 was towed away from the scene as evidence the same day, according to the report.
Jahangard owned a home near where the incident took place, but it’s unclear whether he was living there at the time, Channel 2 Action News reported. The father of two owned properties across metro Atlanta.
He died two days later, and the medical examiner said his cause of death was “blunt force injury of the head.” The report also ruled his death as a homicide, the news station confirmed.
Sandy Springs police confirmed to AJC.com that they are investigating but would not provide any details.
Jahangard, a native of Iran, graduated from Walton High School in Cobb County and Georgia Tech, Channel 2 reported.
According to his obituary page, his funeral is planned for Thursday at H.M. Patterson and Son-Arlington Chapel in Sandy Springs. A GoFundMe page was set up to help support his family.
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