A homicide investigation is underway in DeKalb County.

Police said at 10:30 p.m., they received a report of a person dead near Flat Shoals Parkway and Snapfinger Road.

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Channel 2 Action News went to the scene just after midnight.

According to a police detective on the scene, a car pulled up near a Chevron Gas Station.

Three men walked up to the car for what appeared to be an attempted transaction.

Detectives said at least one of the three men shot the driver.

The driver rolled down an embankment and died.

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Detectives said the three men ran off.

The investigation is ongoing.

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