Atlanta man killed while answering knock at apartment door

ATLANTA - Police in Atlanta are investigating the killing of a man shot several times when he answered a knock at the door of an apartment.

Atlanta police say the man was answering the door of a friend's unit at the Auburn Glenn apartments on Boulevard Southeast late Sunday night when he was shot. Atlanta police Maj. Chris Meadows tells WSB-TV that the suspect used a handgun to shoot the man, who had stopped by to see his friend in the apartment. Investigators say the victim was in his 30s.

Few other details were immediately available early today.

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