A man was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in a DeKalb County neighborhood after a fight escalated into gunfire, police said.

Officers were called to the 1400 block of Diamond Key in the Redan community just before 2:30 p.m. At the scene, they found a 34-year-old man lying in a grassy area already dead from a gunshot wound, officials said.

The victim was not publicly identified.

Investigators learned that the man was shot after an argument developed into a physical fight, police stated. No other details were released, and police did not say if any suspects had been identified.

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