One person was killed and a suspect arrested after a shooting Tuesday afternoon at an apartment complex near Stone Mountain, according to DeKalb County police.

A man, whose name was not released, was shot inside an apartment in the Park at Hairston, off South Hairston Road, Capt. Stephen Fore said.

Officers were flagged down by a female, but it was not known whether she was involved in the crime, Fore said. The suspect, whose name was not released, was arrested after leading officers on a foot chase, police said.

No information was released on a possible motive.

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A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

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