A man was shot to death at a northwest Atlanta student housing complex Thursday morning.
Officers were called around 9:30 a.m. to the Westmar Lofts at 800 West Marietta Street near the Knight Park-Howell Station neighborhood. There, they found Donato Bradford II, 24, with a gunshot wound. He was declared dead at the scene.
Officials did not release any other details about the shooting. Cardinal Group Management, which handles property operations, confirmed that Bradford was a resident and they believe it was an isolated incident.
Westmar Lofts is an independent complex that markets to students from Georgia State University and Georgia Tech, according to the community’s website.
“We are devastated that such a serious and unfortunate incident took place at Westmar,” a property management spokesperson said. “The Westmar team is fully cooperating with local law enforcement in their investigation. ... The well-being of our community is and will remain our top priority.”
Thursday’s shooting is not the first reported at the complex. Multiple people have been shot there in recent years.
Most recently, a man was shot multiple times in May 2023. He was taken to a hospital and survived.
In April 2022, Jarvis Curtis, 24, died after being shot in the chest, abdomen and right foot, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported. Juvon Johnson was arrested more than a year later on charges of murder and aggravated assault in connection with that case.
In 2017, an 18-year-old woman was shot in the face while visiting a friend who lived in the building. At the time, police said her injuries were not life-threatening.
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