An 18-year-old man was shot and killed early Saturday morning at an apartment complex just outside I-285 in southwest Atlanta, police said.
Officers were called to the Reserve at Birch Creek in the 3900 block of Campbellton Road shortly after 3 a.m. on reports of a person shot. The complex is about two miles from Greenbriar Mall and next to Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy.
At the scene, police said they found the teenager suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died.
He was identified as Thomas Lowe by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. His mother, Lakesha Lowe, said he spent his time working and playing video games and had recently become a father.
“He did not deserve this at all. He just welcomed a new baby boy into this world,” she wrote in a GoFundMe page. “I truly miss my son. All I asking is for help to give him a proper burial.”
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
The Reserve at Birch Creek, previously known as Cascade Glen, is among 275 of the metro area’s persistently dangerous complexes, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Dangerous Dwellings” investigation that looked into serious crimes, lax maintenance and other hazards in Atlanta neighborhoods.
From 2017 to July 2023, Atlanta police reported 108 crimes at the complex, which included homicides in March 2021, December 2020 and May 2019, 26 aggravated assaults, seven robberies and a child molestation.
Police did not provide other details on the fatal shooting.
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