A man was seriously injured in a shooting near the Perimeter in DeKalb County on Friday evening, authorities said.

DeKalb police responded around 10:50 p.m. to a person shot in the 4600 block of Memorial Drive outside Decatur. When officers arrived, they found the victim, believed to be in his 30s, suffering from several gunshot wounds, police said. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition.

According to authorities, the man got into an argument prior to the shooting, which remains under investigation. Police have not provided information about a suspect.

The incident occurred near the United Inn & Suites motel on Memorial Drive. Several police vehicles and emergency personnel responded to the scene.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

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