A man is dead after he was found shot multiple times in a vehicle Wednesday evening in the Grant Park neighborhood, police said.

Officers were called to the 700 block of Eloise Street in southeast Atlanta around 7 p.m. following reports of multiple shots being fired. The area is just east of Boulevard and near the Beltline Southside Trail and Zoo Atlanta.

While en route, police found a man in the back seat of a vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to officials.

Life-saving measures were initiated until medical personnel arrived and took the victim to a hospital, where he later died. He was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as George Johnson, 28.

No information was provided about a suspected shooter or what led to the incident.

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