Man killed in shooting blocks from Atlanta University Center
A man was fatally shot Friday morning in southwest Atlanta just a few blocks from the Atlanta University Center.
He was discovered around 3 a.m. in a neighborhood off Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard, according to Atlanta police Lt. Ralph Woolfolk, who commands the department’s homicide unit.
Gunshot detection technology alerted police to gunfire in the area, and patrol officers found the man in a cut-through near a home on Beckwith Street, Woolfolk said.
The victim, identified as 26-year-old Seabron Kelley, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
“We are in the early stages of the investigation,” Woolfolk said from the scene Friday. “We are speaking to persons in the community. We are trying to assess the validity of some of the information that has been received here on the scene.”
Woolfolk said they had also gathered ballistic evidence and were checking home surveillance cameras in the area that may have captured the shooting. No further information has been released about the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
“We’re just trying to do our due diligence and trying to determine what happened,” he said.
The gunshot technology, which Woolfolk said is still in the demo phase, was instrumental in getting officers to the scene quickly. Another 911 caller reported the gunfire shortly after, according to Woolfolk.
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