Police ID man shot and killed at DeKalb home

The man fatally shot outside a DeKalb County home early Tuesday has been identified.

Cheick Coulibaly, 36, of Maryland was killed at a home on Whispering Hills Drive, police said.

Channel 2 Action News reported that the victim’s wife heard gunfire, then found her husband dead.

Coulibaly and his wife were visiting Atlanta, authorities told Channel 2.

Police do not know the motive of the shooting.

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