DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The DeKalb County Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred inside of an apartment complex lobby.
Police say they responded to the 2100 block of Candler Road around 10:30 p.m. in reference to a person shot call. The address corresponds to the Candler Forest Apartments in Decatur.
When police arrived on scene, they found a 28-year-old man shot to death in the lobby area.
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Jodi Bobb lives at the Candler Forrest Apartments. She got a call from a friend and came down to the lobby.
“And when I came to the first floor he was laying there dead in a pool of blood and I just started screaming,” Bobb told Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach.
Police said it appears the victim had been in a fight before he was shot multiple times.
Bobb said she last saw him on Sunday.
“I know him very well. He used to come over to my house, eat dinner, come play video games with my son,” she told Gehlbach. “I know him personally and he was always a nice, respectable person.”
Bobb said hearing gunshots is not uncommon, but after this, she is looking for a new place to live and hopes police find the man’s killer.
“I’m scared for my safety being over here right now,” Bobb said. “He was just so young…sad thing about it is…so young, what a waste.”
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