DeKalb County police Tuesday were investigating the shooting of a man found dead overnight inside an apartment off Kensington Road.

The victim, a man in his 20s, was found shot in the head on the kitchen floor of a unit at the Kenridge Apartments on Kenridge Parkway, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Police have not released the man's name or a motive for the shooting, but detectives on the scene told Channel 2 that there was no forced entry into the apartment.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)