Man dead, child injured in DeKalb shooting

A man was killed and a child was injured in DeKalb County on Monday, police said.

Credit: Channel 2 Action News

Credit: Channel 2 Action News

A man was killed and a child was injured in DeKalb County on Monday, police said.

A man was killed and a child was injured Monday in a shooting in DeKalb County, police said.

Officers responded to a parking lot in the 2500 block of Gresham Road after shots were fired, police said. Authorities did not say what prompted the shooting and no information on a suspect was provided.

The man was taken to a hospital, where he died, police said. His name was not released and police did not say if he was the child’s father.

The child was stable, and police said they are still working to determine the cause of the injury. Footage from the scene showed officers carrying a car seat next to an SUV with shattered windows, Channel 2 Action News reported.

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