Man found dead hours after neighbors heard gunshot

A man was found dead near Stone Mountain early Friday, and police say neighbors who heard a gunshot waited hours to notify authorities.

Officers responded to the 1100 block of Sheppard Place about 3:30 a.m. and found the 62-year-old man in a small detached building behind a larger main house, DeKalb County police Lt. Lonzy Robertson said. The victim was dead from a single gunshot wound.

“People in the main house heard a gunshot,” Robertson said. “After several hours passed, they went to check on the victim.”