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Police find dead man in SW Atlanta apartment courtyard

ATLANTA — Police are looking for a shooter after a man was found shot to death in an apartment courtyard.

Officers said they received a shots fired call late Thursday night on the 1900 block of Alison Court in southwest Atlanta.

Police sealed off several buildings with yellow tape as investigators searched for clues. Crime scene techs and homicide units focused their investigation in the breezeway and courtyard of the Brentwood Village Apartments.

They are searching for several witnesses who might have seen or heard something.

Police have not identified the victim or a motive in the slaying.