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Gunshot victim found outside Old Fourth Ward home
Atlanta police found a dead man outside an Old Fourth Ward home Sunday morning.
Homicide investigators shared few details, but did say a man believed to be in his 30s was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest. The body was discovered Sunday morning outside a home in the 200 block of Sampson Road.
Channel 2 Action News reported the shooting is thought to have occurred at about 3:30 a.m., hours after many Halloween parties in the area wound down.
The man has not been identified.
The investigation will continue Monday.
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