A man was shot in southwest Atlanta and died shortly after arriving at a hospital early Saturday evening, according to police.

Atlanta officers were called to the intersection of Amal Drive and Giben Road in the Amal Heights neighborhood just before 5:30 p.m. There, they found the victim, who had been shot in his abdomen.

The victim took himself to the hospital but did not survive. He was identified as Jormonte Trice, 21, of Atlanta, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

No other details were released about the case.

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