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Body found off Buford Highway in DeKalb

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By Joshua Sharpe
May 31, 2017

Doraville police are investigating after a man’s body turned up off Buford Highway.

The man, whose identity hasn’t been released, was found just before 6 a.m. Tuesday in the 3900 block of Flowers Road, police told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was found in a parking lot.

The spot is near the Buford Highway Farmers Market and a DeKalb County Schools facility.

The man had been shot twice in the abdomen, police said, declining to release further information at this stage in the ongoing investigation.

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