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Charlotte man dies in MLK Drive shooting

By Daniel Funke
June 30, 2015

Police have identified a 42-year-old man from Charlotte, N.C., as the victim of a shooting in northwest Atlanta on Monday night.

According to Atlanta police, Grant Desbordes was shot several times and died in the 1900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive around 10 p.m. after suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper and lower torso.

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