Death reclassified as homicide, Atlanta police asking for help

The Brief

  • Atlanta police are trying to identify two people linked to a homicide on Ponce de Leon Avenue.
  • The victim was initially believed to have died from non-criminal causes before the case changed.
  • Investigators are also searching for the driver of a damaged red sedan seen near the scene.

ATLANTA The Atlanta Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying two people and a vehicle connected to a homicide investigation that began as a suspicious death.

What we know:

Officers responded around 2:33 a.m. on June 24 to 737 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE after receiving a report of a person down. When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive man who was pronounced dead at the scene by Grady EMS.

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