Atlanta police are investigating a homicide that happened late Friday night in Atlanta’s Oakland neighborhood on the outskirts of downtown.

Officers were dispatched to reports of a person being shot in the 300 block of King Street around 10:30 p.m.

Police found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim, later identified as 22-year-old Daniel Johnson, was rushed to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said.

No other details were immediately available.

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