Police: 1 man dead in Sylvan Hills food mart shooting

A shooting near a food mart in southwest Atlanta’s Sylvan Hills neighborhood left one man dead Saturday evening, according to police.

Atlanta officers were called to the area of the Peach Pantry at 1085 Katherwood Drive just before 5:30 p.m. and found a man with a gunshot wound, police said in a statement. The victim was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he later died.

He was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as 51-year-old Michael Gray.

No other details about the victim, the shooting or any possible suspects have been released.

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