Mom and daughter find man's body in Buckhead neighborhood while on way to school

ATLANTA - Atlanta police are investigating a fatal shooting Thursday morning in a Buckhead neighborhood.

Police confirmed a man was shot dead near 1225 Peachtree Battle Avenue in northwest Atlanta. Police blocked off the road at Battle Creek Way while investigators worked Thursday morning. 

A driver discovered the body lying in a driveway at around 6:45 a.m. 

"The kind of shock and horror of encountering someone who had mortally wounded and just the tragedy of gun violence in a neighborhood that seemed like it would be safe," said Heather Baker, who called 911.

Baker and her 9-year-old daughter, Imgoen, were driving along Peachtree Battle Avenue when the girl spotted the man's lifeless body in the driveway of this vacant lot.

"She said, ‘Mommy, a man in a…on the ground…there's blood and I think he was shot.’ And I immediately turned into the nearest driveway, and she said, ‘What are you doing?’ and I said, ‘Well, we’re going to turn around.’ So, we turned around, and I found my phone and I called 911," Baker said.

Baker said she was taking her daughter to school when the girl made the gruesome discovery.

Atlanta police closed down Peachtree Battle Avenue in Buckhead while they investigate a shooting on Oct. 13, 2022. (FOX 5 Atlanta)

A neighbor told FOX 5 Atlanta he heard multiple gunshots and a car speeding off Thursday morning. 

Police said the victim is about 45 to 55 years old and shot multiple times. Investigators don't thing the man lives in the neighborhood.

"We are still trying to identify him. Investigators are canvassing the scene right now trying to locate witnesses also additional technology resources to assist in the investigation," said Atlanta Police Department’s Homicide Commander Germain Dearlove.

Atlanta police investigate a shooting that happened on Oct. 13, 2022, near 1225 Peachtree Battle Avenue.

Police said they do not believe the man lived in the neighborhood.

Anyone with information is asked to call Atlanta police or Atlanta Crime Stoppers.