ATLANTA — A security guard is dead after officials say he was shot in midtown Atlanta on Monday morning.
Atlanta police told Channel 2 Action News officers received reports of shots fired in a parking deck on Spring Street just after 2 a.m.
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When officers arrived, they found a man in his 30s who had been shot and killed.
Police confirmed that the victim was a security guard doing his rounds at the parking deck when he was shot. His name has not been released.
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According to the investigation, several people left a club and were returning to their car when they interrupted someone breaking into the vehicle.
After they confronted the individual, shots were fired. Police have not determined who fired the gun.
Police confirmed that the security guard was shot while confronting the suspects who were breaking into the cars.
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Police have not said if anyone has been taken into custody.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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