ATLANTA — Atlanta homicide detectives are currently on the scene of an investigation in northwest Atlanta.
Officers were called to the 1700 block of Bolton Road at 10:53 a.m. on Friday morning in reference to a person found shot to death.
Police said an officer was patrolling a neighborhood when he spotted a suspicious car in an vacant lot. When he opened the trunk, he made a disturbing discovery.
Police said they believe the victim is a man in his 30s, but they are still working to identify him.
“We are analyzing ballistic evidence, as well as the other evidentiary items at this point,” police said.
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A Channel 2 Action News photographer on the scene saw investigators searching through a car on the scene.
Investigators are still working to learn what led up to the person’s death.
Channel 2′s Michael Seiden talked to neighbor Brett Crocker, who said he thought he may have heard gunshots Friday morning.
“I thought I heard something early in the morning . It might’ve been gunshots,” Crocker said. “It’s kind of weird. A little unsettling.”
Investigators are now asking for the community to call police if they have any information.
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