Police are investigating after a man was found shot to death Friday morning in the heart of downtown Atlanta, authorities said.

Atlanta police were called around 8:20 a.m. about a person shot at 30 Marietta Street in Five Points, near the business school of Georgia State University. Officers arrived and found a man with a gunshot wound, police said.

The victim, who was not publicly identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities. Homicide detectives were called to look into the shooting.

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