A man is dead after being shot Thursday at an apartment complex in southeast Atlanta, authorities said.

Atlanta police were called around 5 p.m. to the Constitution Hill Apartments on Constitution Road about a person shot. The complex is a short distance from Moreland Avenue in the Leila Valley neighborhood.

At the scene, officers found the man dead. He was identified as 53-year-old James Leslie by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Authorities did not say what led to the shooting or if any arrests have been made.

“Homicide investigators have been notified and are responding,” police spokesman John Predmore said.

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The victim was found in the 400 block of Fairlock Lane.

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