A person is dead and another at large after a shooting near the Greyhound bus station in downtown Atlanta, officials said.

The call to police came around 6:15 a.m. from a MARTA officer at the Garnett Station, which is located behind the bus station, Lt. Andrew Smith, commander of Atlanta’s homicide unit, told Channel 2 Action News. The area is on Forsyth Street, just south of Trinity Avenue.

The MARTA officer told police that a person was standing over the victim’s body before fleeing the area, the news station reported.

The victim, who was not publicly identified, was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene.

Information on a suspected gunman has not been provided.

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