ATLANTA — Police are investigating after officers found a man shot dead at a northwest Atlanta home Monday morning. Authorities said he was shot by a resident.
According to Atlanta Police Department Homicide Commander Ralph Woolfolk, police received a call about a person shot around 10 a.m. When officers arrived at the home located in the 200 block of West Lake Avenue NW, they said they saw a man in his 20s with a gunshot wound.
"Right here on the carport," Woolfolk said.
Emergency medical responders pronounced the man dead on the scene, Woolfolk said. A statement from the police department later revealed the man was on the property when someone who lived there confronted him. That's when he was shot.
There was a witness inside who saw the whole incident unfold, police said.
The residents stayed on the scene to wait for law enforcement to arrive. Although police did not say whether or not anyone was charged, police said the residents will be interviewed by homicide detectives.
"We've done a substantial amount of work to determine this thus far, however, there is some more work that we have to do," Woolfolk said.
He said investigators have recovered a gun at the scene, and some additional ballistic evidence, but they are in the early stages of the investigation.