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Atlanta Police investigate fatal shooting on Jonesboro Road

Officers found the person shot near Pure gas station.

ATLANTA — Atlanta Police officers are investigating a shooting that left a man dead near a gas station in the southeast part of the city.

Officers arrived at the Pure gas station located at 3015 Jonesboro Road Tuesday night and found a 30-year-old man shot, a spokesperson with the Atlanta Police Department confirmed. Police said the man was badly hurt and was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.

The gas station is down the street from Humphries Elementary School.

This is the second shooting this year at the gas station. Two months ago, officials said one person was shot to death and another survived in a targeted incident.

Investigators haven't released any further details about the identity of the victim or information about a suspect in Tuesday's incident.

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