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Man dead after shooting at gas station near I-20 in Atlanta, police say

Police said the shooting originally happened at the Shell station off MLK Jr. Drive. after finding the man's body just down the road on Gordon Terrace.
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ATLANTA — A man is dead after a shooting Wednesday morning near a southwest Atlanta gas station, police said. 

Officers responded around 7:20 a.m. to an incident near Gordan Terrace. When they arrived on scene, they found a man dead from what they believed to be a "gunshot wound."

Investigators later determined the shooting originally happened at the Shell station off MLK Jr. Drive -- not far from Interstate 20.

Officials said homicide investigators are still trying to figure out the circumstances of the shooting.  

The investigation is active at this time, police said. 

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