By Channel 2 Action News
Police are looking for leads in a deadly double-shooting in northeast Atlanta.
Atlanta police say two men were shot and killed just before 3 a.m. Saturday.
“They’re both white males, who appear to be in their early 30s,” Cpt. Michael O’Conner with the Atlanta Police Department said.
Police identified one of the victims as 33-year-old Joseph Hruska, of Atlanta. They said they are notifying the other victim’s family before releasing his name.
Police say they have no witnesses who saw the shooting, but an employee of the Vortex nearby heard the shots and went to investigate.
The witness found the first man lying on the ground and called 911.
When officers arrived, they said they found the body of the second man about 30 feet away.
“I guess it was dark or they weren’t looking for another person to be back there, didn’t immediately notice the second victim,” O’Conner said.
Investigators will not say if both are connected to each other, but say the victims were not employees of any of the businesses in Little Five Points that were closing at the time.
Police will not say if robbery was the motive, but they are working to determine if the double murder is connected to an armed robbery.
About a mile away, two people were robbed at gunpoint of cell phones and other valuables on North Highland Avenue.
That call came in right about the same time as the shooting, police said.
“We are looking into all potential possibilities but I don’t want to say it is connected to that robbery at this time.”
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