24-year-old man found shot to death near West Midtown student apartment complex

ATLANTA, Ga. — Atlanta police are investigating after someone was found shot to death at near a west Atlanta apartment complex.

The body was found near 800 West Marietta Street, which is the address of the Westmar Student Lofts.

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The victim has not been identified. Police only said he was 24. Police are working to learn the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

This is not the first shooting reported at the lofts.

In May 2023, a man was found shot in the stomach outside the complex, which is not far from Georgia Tech. Police said there had been a party at the building.

In 2022, a person was found shot to death in front of the complex.

In 2017, a man shot a woman inside an apartment. The victim was identified as 18-year-old Shantell Washington. Witnesses told police the suspected gunman, Chaz Christian, walked out of the building nonchalantly, telling people and security guards to call police because there had been a shooting. Witnesses at the time said the people involved didn’t live at the complex.

We’re working to learn more about this developing story, for Channel 2 Action News

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