Atlanta News -UPDATE: Victim identified in shooting in southeast

Police have identified the man fatally shot at 2 a.m. Saturday at a music studio in southeast Atlanta.

Anthony Hill Jr., 22, of Atlanta, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on the ground floor of the warehouse, located on the 1300 block of Lakewood Avenue, police said.

Police said a large group of people was gathered at the studio at the time of the shooting and around 12 people witnessed it, Channel 2 Action News reports. Two of them were taken in for questioning.

-Please check ajc.com for updates.

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