A 19-year-old man died Friday morning after he was shot at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex and driven to a fire station for help.
Firefighters at Atlanta Fire Rescue Station 31 on Fairburn Road attempted to perform first aid on the man, who had been shot multiple times and was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as Chyrek Lowe.
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According to Atlanta police, Lowe was shot around 5 a.m. at the Ashley Cascade apartments on Kimberly Way before he was put in the back seat of a white Chevrolet Malibu. Dispatchers got two calls related to the shooting, one from the apartment complex and a second minutes later when the Malibu arrived at the fire station, said police Lt. Ralph Woolfolk, who commands the homicide unit.
The two scenes are three miles apart.
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“We are still trying to nail down all the particulars pertaining to that incident,” Woolfolk told reporters outside the fire station Friday. “We have recovered some ballistic evidence on both scenes. We do have some electronic evidence that’s in our possession, and we are speaking to some persons that have been able to provide us some context.”
Woolfolk said some of the Malibu’s other occupants stayed at the fire station to speak with police. Mourning family members also gathered there Friday morning, including a man who identified himself as the victim’s twin.
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No suspects were identified Friday.
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