A man was arrested and charged with murder after a shooting at an Old Fourth Ward apartment building Sunday afternoon.

Eddie Jackson, 52, is also charged with aggravated assault in connection with the fatal shooting, which happened in the 400 block of Boulevard, Atlanta police said Monday.

Witnesses said the suspect and the victim argued before shots were fired in the northeast Atlanta neighborhood, according to police. The victim, whose name was not released, was dead when officers arrived about 3:45 p.m.

Police identified Jackson as a suspect Sunday and he turned himself in at the Atlanta Police headquarters the same day.

He was booked into the Fulton County Jail, where he remains.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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