Police have detained a person of interest after a man was found with a fatal gunshot wound in downtown Atlanta on Monday afternoon but was originally injured in a shooting at the edge of the Atlanta University Center.
The 20-year-old victim, later identified as Nasier Fitzgerald, was found at 232 Forsyth Street, just around the block from Atlanta police headquarters, according to a news release. Fitzgerald was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Police did not say if Fitzgerald was a student.
A 39-year-old man who is considered a person of interest was being questioned by investigators in the shooting’s aftermath, spokesman Lt. Ralph Woolfolk said.
Officers were called to the downtown location around 12:30 p.m., police said in the release. After Fitzgerald was found, investigators determined the shooting took place in the area of Fair Street and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard.
That intersection is on the western boundary of the AU Center. Forbes Arena, where Morehouse College basketball plays, sits on the southeast corner, while the northeast corner marks the boundary of Clark Atlanta University.
Though police have released few details in the case, Woolfolk indicated that the investigation was well underway.
“We do have some witness cooperation and we’re trying to assess the validity of the information received from those witnesses,” Woolfolk said.
Police have also collected ballistic evidence and surveillance evidence, Woolfolk added.
In November, in the same area as Monday’s shooting, 25-year-old Morehouse student Tyrone Holmes of Savannah was found shot dead in his off-campus home, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Homicide investigators shared video footage taken from the home’s security camera showing two men suspected in Holmes’ killing, but no arrests have been made. Police have not said if the two cases are related.
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