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Police investigate fatal shooting in NW Atlanta

Officers with Atlanta Police Department’s Zone 1 were called to the 1000 block of Hollywood Road and found the man with a gunshot wound.
Officers with Atlanta Police Department’s Zone 1 were called to the 1000 block of Hollywood Road and found the man with a gunshot wound.
By Liset Cruz
Updated March 14, 2022

Homicide investigators were called to a northwest Atlanta apartment complex on Saturday night after a man was fatally shot.

Officers with Atlanta Police Department’s Zone 1 were called to the 1000 block of Hollywood Road and found the man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center in critical condition and died shortly after arriving at the hospital, according to police.

His name was not released.

Aggravated assault investigators initially responded, but homicide detectives were called to the scene after the man died, police said in a statement. The death remains under investigation, and no information about suspects or motive has been released.

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Liset Cruz is an intern for Atlanta Now. She is a senior at the University of Georgia majoring in journalism and sociology with minors in Latinx studies and human services. She aspires to become an investigative reporter and cover politics, crime, immigration and civil rights.

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