DeKalb County police are investigating after the death of a man found shot in the chest and stomach on the side of the road.
The victim, whose identity hasn’t been released, was found by a resident who heard gunshots and a man screaming shortly after midnight Wednesday, a police report said.
When officers arrived to the corner of Horse Shoe and Cottonwood drives, a rural spot in southeast DeKalb, the man was bleeding profusely and wasn’t breathing, the report said.
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The 25-year-old 911 caller told police he’d discovered the shot man when he drove around to investigate the commotion.
The victim was facedown. Emergency medical personnel couldn’t find a pulse.
Further information hasn’t been released.
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