Man found shot dead along road near Lenox Square

A man was found shot and killed in Buckhead early Saturday, according to Atlanta police.

Officers were sent to the 3400 block of Kingsboro Road just before 7:15 a.m. The victim was unresponsive with a gunshot wound, police said. He was found along the road about two blocks east of Lenox Square.

Atlanta Fire Rescue responded and pronounced the man dead. He was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as 41-year-old Alphonso Govin.

Police have not revealed what led to the shooting. Authorities did not say if any suspects or persons of interest have been taken into custody.

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