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Police learn identity of gunshot victim found wrapped in plastic

Police are attempting to notify family before releasing the name.

DECATUR, Ga. - Police now know the name of a man found shot several times and wrapped in plastic.

At around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, police received reports of a body found by DeKalb County sanitation workers on Warriors Path and Flat Shoals.

On Wednesday, police said the body was a 23-year-old black man who had multiple gunshot wounds. Police are still waiting to notify the victim's relatives before releasing his name.

Detectives believe the body was not there for an extended period of time and they are continuing to investigate the death as "suspicious."

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