ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating a shooting after they told Channel 2 Action News an adult son shot and killed his father Tuesday morning.
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Police responded to Synergy Apartments located at 3787 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW after reports of a person shot.
When police arrived to the scene they located the suspect and the victim.
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Police told Channel 2′s Tyisha Fernandes the victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries.
The suspect, his son, was arrested and taken into custody.
Channel 2 Action News is working to learn more about the incident and charges the son is facing.
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