Man found dead in front yard of Rockdale County home

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. - The Rockdale County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly shooting in Conyers.

What we know:

Deputies responded to a call about a shooting in the area of Hurst Road and McDaniel Mill Road at 8:50 a.m. on Sunday.

When they arrived, they found a male victim lying in the front yard of a home with a single gunshot wound.

What we don't know:

Not much else is known about this incident at this time.

The victim's name will not be released until his next of kin have been reached. There has been no word yet of a suspect.

What they're saying:

FOX 5 spoke with neighbors on Hurst Road.

"Last night I was sleeping, and then all of a sudden, a 'kaboom' woke me up," said one neighbor who didn't want to be identified out of concern for her safety.

This neighbor says at the time, the loud noise sounded to her like a blown tire, so she went back to sleep.

Then, when she went to leave her home Sunday morning, she saw the street shut down by Rockdale County Sheriff's deputies.

"I said, 'Oh my God what happened?!'" she said.

Later, she learned they were investigating the death of a man found in a front yard just a few houses down from hers.

"I was like, 'Oh, my God, this is horrible,'" she said.

She tells FOX 5 she's lived in this home on Hurst Road since the '70's and has never seen a police presence like that before.

Another neighbor, Stephanie Black, says she also heard what could've been a gunshot in the middle of the night.

But she says hearing gunshots there isn't uncommon, so she didn't think anything of it at the time either.

"Oh, my God, I feel so bad. I really do. I should have went and actually called somebody, but I didn't. And then I feel really bad as a medical professional, maybe I could have saved them," Black said.

With few details released by the sheriff's office, neighbors are left wondering why and how this could've happened.

"It's scary, in a sense. I’m very sorry about what happened to them. I really am. That's a horrible tragedy," she said.

What you can do:

Anyone with information about this incident should call the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office tip line at 770-278-8188. Callers can ask to remain anonymous.