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Police: 1 man dead after gunfight erupts at southwest Atlanta apartment

ATLANTA — Police told Channel 2 Action News that one man is dead after a gunfight erupted at an apartment in southwest Atlanta.

The shooting happened before 11 p.m. Friday at the area of Metropolitan Parkway and University Avenue. Witnesses told police that half a dozen people were involved in the gunfight.

"We don't know what the motive was or who those people are at this point," Atlanta Lt. Andrea Webster said.

Police said the victim is in his 20s, but he has not been identified. Webster said police are checking local hospitals to see if anyone else was injured.

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Channel 2's Lauren Pozen spoke with a neighbor who heard the gunshots but didn't want to be named. The woman said the shooter was relentless and also shot around the other side of the building.

"After he turned around and shot him again, he turned around, spread bullets and then he reloaded and spread it again," she told Pozen.

A Channel 2 Action News photographer noticed multiple bullet holes in the window around the back. The woman Pozen spoke with said the shooter got away in a car and missed police by just seconds.

Police told Pozen they are working to get any video footage of what happened.