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.

Hamid Jahangard died Thursday, which was two days after being hit by a car in Sandy Springs, authorities said.

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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.

In other news:

Officers in the City of South Fulton say the teenager stole the car from a home on Sierra Trail and then left it a couple of miles away on Monday morning.

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