DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A Dekalb County man who was reported missing last week was discovered dead from a gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon at an apartment complex off Flat Shoals Parkway.
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“It’s scary, you know, because this community that we live in, I have a lot of kids around. And it’s like, you don’t want the kids to see stuff like that,” said neighbor Keshawna Field.
The family of 37-year-old Robert Robertson has been circulating flyers both in person and online reporting his disappearance on Nov. 4.
They said he was last seen at The Woods at Peppertree Apartments on Columbia Drive. The family filed a missing person report on Nov. 7.
DeKalb PD were asked to do a welfare check at an undisclosed location at the apartment complex on Flat Shoals Parkway. There, police found Robertson dead.
Some residents say apartment management didn’t tell them about the deadly shooting.
“That’s sad because they should have reported that and let us know.” said neighbor Shun Smith.
Detectives are working to identify who shot the man and are asking anyone with information to contact DeKalb County Police.
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