A man was shot and killed Thursday night at an apartment complex in southwest Atlanta, police said.

Few details have been released, but Atlanta police said officers were called to the Peaks at MLK at 2423 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive just before 9:15 p.m. for a person shot. The man, who has not been publicly identified, was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene.

Homicide detectives were sent to open an investigation, police said. No other details have been released, including the circumstances around the shooting or if any suspects have been identified.

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