Man killed in Atlanta shooting identified
The Fulton County Medical Examiners office has released the name of an Atlanta man who died Friday morning of a gunshot wound.
Barry Hawkins, 51, of Atlanta was shot just before midnight Thursday at an apartment on Ira Street in southwest Atlanta.
According to initial police reports, Hawkins was shot in the leg and later died at Grady Memorial Hospital.
“We do know there was some type of verbal argument inside the apartment before the gunshot,” Atlanta police Lt. Charles Hampton told Channel 2 Action News.
Police have not said what sparked the argument and are still investigating the shooting.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
