A man is dead after a shooting Thursday evening in northeast Atlanta, police said.

Officers were called to the 600 block of Boulevard in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood at about 9:10 p.m. on a person shot call. They found the victim in an alleyway with a gunshot wound to the back of his head, police told Channel 2 Action News.

His name was not released.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation, and no suspects were publicly identified Friday.

The shooting took place across the street from a Wendy’s and a few blocks from Central Park and popular shopping and dining destination Ponce City Market.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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