Crime & Public Safety

Man killed in shooting at SW Atlanta apartment complex

Officers were called to the Hidden Pines apartments and found a man dead at the scene, Atlanta police said.
Officers were called to the Hidden Pines apartments and found a man dead at the scene, Atlanta police said.
Sept 13, 2023

A man was killed in a shooting at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex Wednesday, authorities said.

Officers were called to the Hidden Pines apartments at about 1:20 p.m. after getting reports of a person shot, Atlanta police said. They found an unresponsive man with a gunshot wound at the apartment building at 3215 Cushman Circle. Emergency medical personnel pronounced the man, identified as 49-year-old Darryl Chambers by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office, dead at the scene.

Police have opened a homicide investigation, but no further details about the incident have been released. Investigators did not name any suspects.

Hidden Pines is located just inside I-285 near the intersection of Boulder Park and Martin Luther King Jr. drives.

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Henri Hollis is a restaurant critic and food reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he covers Atlanta’s restaurants, chefs and dining culture. As part of the AJC’s Food & Dining team, he reviews new restaurants, reports on industry trends and explores metro Atlanta’s culinary scene through the neighborhoods and people that shape it.

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