ATLANTA — One person is dead after a shooting near a funeral home in the Ashview Heights neighborhood in southwest Atlanta Sunday afternoon, police said.
Around 1:38 p.m., officers were actively on a traffic stop in the 100-block of Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard Northwest when they were approached by people that were telling police that another person had been shot inside a vehicle, according to a statement.
Police responded to the scene located between Abbott Street Southwest and Parsons Street Southwest where they found a 46-year-old man who was in critical condition from gunshot wounds, APD said.
The man was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries, according to authorities.
Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the shooting. Police have not yet said whether a suspect is in custody.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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