Man found shot to death while walking home from grocery store

ATLANTA — Police need help finding the gunman who killed a man as he walked home from the grocery store early Friday morning.

A passerby found the victim on Boulder Park Driver overpass at Interstate 285 in southwest Atlanta.

“Uniformed officers and EMS responded out determined there was a male deceased on the bridge from a gunshot wound to the chest,” said Atlanta Police Lt. Carven Tyus.

Detectives are trying to determine not only who the victim is, but more importantly why someone shot him.

Investigators told Channel 2 Action News they don't think the victim was in a car with the shooter, or just dumped on the bridge.

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“It appears he was walking up the street and someone may have shot him and it appears he may have walked a few more steps before he collapsed from his injuries,” Tyus said.

Neighbors told Channel 2's Audrey Washington the victim lived at an apartment complex just feet from where he was found.

"You hear shooting around here all the time, always. He might have got robbed. I don't know?" Robery Scott said.

Detectives said they need the public’s help. Anyone with information is asked to contact Atlanta police homicide or CrimeStoppers.

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