Crime & Public Safety

Police investigating after man fatally shot in DeKalb neighborhood

A man was found dead from a gunshot wound outside a home on Renee Drive in DeKalb County, police said.
A man was found dead from a gunshot wound outside a home on Renee Drive in DeKalb County, police said.
Aug 25, 2023

A man was shot and killed in central DeKalb County on Friday morning, authorities said.

Officers were called to a home in the 1300 block of Renee Drive just before 7 a.m. after getting reports of a person shot, DeKalb police said. At the scene, officers found the victim dead.

The neighborhood of single-family homes where the man was found is located just outside I-285 near Covington Highway.

No further information has been released about the shooting, including the identity of the victim or any suspects.

Police confirmed homicide investigators are working the case.

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