Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Man dead in shooting near Buckhead bar

Atlanta police were called to the 3100 block of Roswell Road in Buckhead around 2 a.m. Sunday and found a man with a gunshot wound in a parking lot near several bars and clubs.

Credit: File photo

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Atlanta police were called to the 3100 block of Roswell Road in Buckhead around 2 a.m. Sunday and found a man with a gunshot wound in a parking lot near several bars and clubs.
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Updated April 3, 2022

A shooting in a popular nightlife area of Buckhead left one man dead Sunday morning, according to police.

Officers were called around 2 a.m. to the Dive Bar Buckhead in the 3100 block of Roswell Road, where they found one person dead with a gunshot wound, according to an Atlanta Police Department news release.

The victim was identified as 27-year-old Malcolm Collins, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Channel 2 Action News reported that the victim was found by police in a parking lot.

Authorities have not released any other details about the victim or said if any suspects have been identified.

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

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