The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office on Thursday identified the man shot and killed inside a southwest Atlanta nightclub as Clarence Carter, 25, of Fairburn.
The shooting happened about 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Blue Ivory Restaurant & Lounge in the 500 block of Whitehall Street, according to Atlanta police dispatchers.
Channel 2 Action News reported that the gunman walked up to his victim and shot him several times without saying a word.
“Right now, we’re not sure of the motive, but we do believe the victim was in fact the intended target,” Atlanta police Lt. Charles Hampton told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday.
Hampton said there were “a lot of people” inside the club when the shooting happened.
“We’re trying to interview employees and some of the patrons that were here,” he said. “We haven’t heard that there was any type of argument that happened before, so that may be an indication that the suspect and the victim knew each other.”
Atlanta police Sgt. Greg Lyon said early Thursday no arrests had been made.
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