Atlanta Police are investigating the shooting death of a man outside an apartment building in Midtown this morning.

According to reports, officers responding to a report of gun shots found a man dead outside the The Dagny apartments at Juniper and 7th streets around 2:45 a.m. on Monday morning. Investigators told Channel 2 news that believe it was a targeting shooting.

The victim’s name and if he lived in the building have not been released by police.

Homicide investigators are also on the case of a deadly shooting in Buckhead that occurred on Sunday morning, April 3, around 2:40 am. Officers responded to 3184 Roswell Road NW and discovered a deceased adult male with a gunshot wound. No other details have been released.

The victim was found in a parking lot near a strip of bars and nightclubs that have been the scene of previous shootings in the past.

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Collin Kelley has been the editor of Atlanta Intown for two decades and has been a journalist and freelance writer for 35 years. He’s also an award-winning poet and novelist.