Crime & Public Safety
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Man fatally shot inside home in Washington Park neighborhood

A man was killed in a shooting Wednesday night near the Washington Park Natatorium in northwest Atlanta, police said.
A man was killed in a shooting Wednesday night near the Washington Park Natatorium in northwest Atlanta, police said.
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Updated May 16, 2024

Police are investigating after a man was found shot to death inside a northwest Atlanta home Wednesday night.

Officers were called just before 9:30 p.m. to the 1000 block of Westmoor Drive in the Washington Park neighborhood. There, they found a man dead inside the home with several gunshot wounds.

He was identified as 51-year-old Gregory Maddox Jr. by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The residence is near Ollie Street and the Washington Park Natatorium, where a 17-year-old Decatur boy was found shot outside last May. The teenager died nine days later, police said.

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No other details were provided about what led to Wednesday’s shooting or if any suspects have been identified.

— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.

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