The Atlanta Police Department confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that homicide investigators were at the scene of a fatal shooting in southwest Atlanta.

According to an APD spokesman, officers responded to a call of a person shot around 10 p.m. on Campbellton Road Southwest.

When police got to the scene, they found a man with an apparent gunshot wound.

Police said “EMS responded to provide medical assistance but despite lifesaving efforts,” he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Homicide units are now at the scene of the shooting and are working to find out what the circumstances of the incident are.

An investigation is underway.

Channel 2 Action News has a photographer on the way to learn more about this developing story.

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