Investigators have person of interest in deadly shooting at drug-filled apartment

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Atlanta police investigate shooting at student housing complex

Police found a 24-year-old man dead inside the Westmar Student Lofts located on West Marietta Street.

Atlanta police said a man died from an apparent gunshot wound on Sunday morning at an apartment complex off of West Marietta Street.

Police found a wounded 24-year-old man, who later died from their injuries, outside an apartment at Westmar Student Lofts. Atlanta Police Department officers went to the scene at 5 a.m. on Sunday to 800 West Marietta Street. 

Homicide Investigator Ralph Woolfolk said multiple people lived in the apartment where there was a "substantial" amount of narcotics inside. 

"This appears to be a target, isolated incident," Woolfolk said.

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Man shot dead inside drug-filled apartment, police say

Police found a man shot inside an apartment complex with "substantial" amount of narcotics. Police said there is a person of interest in the investigation.

Police haven't named the victim, but said they have a person of interest in addition to cooperative witnesses and ballistic evidence.  

"We do know there was a substantial amount of narcotics inside the apartment, which the victim was visiting," Woolfolk said. "We do have a person of interest who was leaving that apartment that we're assessing at this time."

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