Man shot, run over at East Point gas station, police say
Police investigating where someone found a body shot and run over near a gas station in the area of East Point and SW Atlanta. (Billy Heath/FOX 5 Atlanta / FOX 5 Atlanta)
ATLANTA - East Point police said officers found the body of a man shot and apparently run over by an unknown driver on Thursday morning at a BP gas station.
The police department said detectives think the man had been shot then run over, possibly on accident.
Police found the man dead in the parking lot after someone reported a "person down." Police blocked off the BP on Lakewood Avenue.
Police investigating near a gas station in the area of East Point and SW Atlanta. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
An East Point police crime scene unit was in the parking lot, which was taped off.
Police investigating near a gas station in the area of East Point and SW Atlanta. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
Georgia State Patrol confirmed it's assisting East Point police.
Police investigating near a gas station in the area of East Point and SW Atlanta. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
Police ask anyone with information to call investigators at 404-559-6200 or email policedepartment@eastpointcity.org.