Man shot and killed along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in...

Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in northwest Atlanta was shut down during the early stages of Wednesday morning commute while police investigated a fatal shooting.

According to Atlanta police dispatchers, the victim was found by a passerby just before 4:30 a.m., lying in the street near a gas station in the 3600 block of MLK.

The caller told dispatchers the man had possibly been shot in the head.

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