ATLANTA — A person is dead after an early morning shootout with a grocery store clerk, police say.
Officers were called around 2:45 a.m. after the exchange of gunfire Saturday morning. Police said the store clerk of Star Groceries, located at 1955 Campbellton Road, was shot. The clerk fired back, killing the person.
When officers arrived, they found "a male lying on the floor inside of the location." He had been shot. When medical first responders arrived they determined he was dead.
The store clerk drove himself to the hospital and is currently recovering at Grady Memorial Hospital, according to police. Officers are investigating the circumstances of the shooting.
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