ATLANTA — A man is dead after being shot in Brown Mills Park neighborhood in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.
According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers were dispatched to a location on Cleveland Ave SW and when they arrived, officers found a man who sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The man was not alert, conscious or breathing and was sent to the hospital in critical condition, police said. He was later pronounced dead by medical personnel, police stated.
11Alive's Cody Alcorn is at the scene and said Cleveland Avenue at Hapeville Road is closed as of 5:36 p.m. Police tape can also be seen outside the Cleveland Avenue Library, which the city's website lists as temporarily closed for repairs, and the nearby park.
This is an active investigation, and 11Alive will update this story as soon as we receive more information.
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