Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

21-year-old found shot dead in SW Atlanta

The area where the man was found is near the entrance of the Vesta Adams Park apartment complex at the intersection of Delowe Drive and Alison Court, just off Langford Parkway.
The area where the man was found is near the entrance of the Vesta Adams Park apartment complex at the intersection of Delowe Drive and Alison Court, just off Langford Parkway.
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Feb 14, 2022

A 21-year-old man was found dead from a gunshot wound in southwest Atlanta early Monday morning, according to police.

Officers responded to a call at 1991 Delowe Drive around 12:40 a.m., Atlanta police said in a news release. The man, later identified as De’Andrea Franklin Hall, was dead at the scene.

The area where Hall was found is near the entrance of the Vesta Adams Park apartment complex at the intersection of Delowe Drive and Alison Court, just off Langford Parkway.

A homicide investigation has been opened, police said, but no further details about the incident have been released.

— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.

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