A man was shot and killed Friday evening in the West End neighborhood in southwest Atlanta, police said.

Officers were called to a residence along Oak Street at about 10:15 p.m. on a person shot call. At the scene, police said they found a man injured.

The gunshot victim, identified as 62-year-old Ossie Turner by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and later died.

According to an incident report, the shooting stemmed from a residential robbery. No details were released on a suspect.

The shooting happened just across the street from the West End Park and a few blocks from The Mall West End.

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