Atlanta police Wednesday were investigating a fatal shooting at an apartment building near the Downtown Connector.
The shooting happened before 7 a.m. at the Auburn Place Apartments in the 100 block of Fort Street, just east of I-75/85, according to Atlanta police spokesman Otis Redmond.
Okimi Redding, who identified herself as the girlfriend of the victim, said he was killed by robbers. Redding said she and the 32-year-old victim, identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office as Japhila Thomas, had two children.
"I just know he got killed; they tried to rob him," Redding said. A witness at the scene said the assailants were two teenage males.
Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said late Wednesday morning that the shooting "appears to be drug-related."
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