Police investigating deadly shooting at DeKalb County apartment complex

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb police are investigating a deadly shooting at an apartment complex.

Police confirmed they responded to a fatal shooting at 650 Abberley Way in Stone Mountain.

Police were called to The Park at 500 apartments at around 12:45 a.m. Thursday.

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Police found a man dead in his car.

Some residents didn’t see anything or even hear the gunshots.

But one resident told Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach she was outside with her friends and saw a group of guys just hanging out in the parking lot.

“The next thing I know, I heard gunshots,” she said.

The woman didn’t want to be identified, but said she hit the ground to take cover and later went over to check on the victim.

“I walked to the vehicle because I seen blood on the side of the car and yeah I seen that he was tilt over dead,” she said.

She didn’t get a good look at the shooter, but said the suspects all sped off in a car.

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She said she doesn’t know why they would kill someone.

She never heard a struggle or an argument.

“It was quiet and next thing you know they started shooting and they was gone,” she said.

Police have not released any information on the victim.

Some neighbors said they didn’t recognize him and don’t think he lived in the complex, but they had possibly seen the suspect’s car in the complex before.

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