Man dies in DeKalb apartment shooting

A man was shot and killed in a DeKalb apartment Saturday night, police said.

A man and woman with gunshot wounds were discovered by police responding to a person shot call at an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Ember Drive at 9:47 p.m.

The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said in a press release. The woman sustained minor injuries.

More details were not released. The incident is under investigation.

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