Atlanta police are working to track down a man labeled a person of interest after a deadly shooting tied to a reported incident in the heart of downtown last Thursday, and they are leaning hard on the public for help. Homicide detectives have been canvassing the area and are urging nearby residents, workers, and visitors to share anything they saw or heard that might move the case forward.
According to Atlanta News First, officers responded to a reported shooting in downtown Atlanta on Thursday and quickly opened a homicide investigation. The outlet reports that police worked the scene while simultaneously calling on potential witnesses to contact investigators.
The public push for information mirrors other recent Atlanta Police Department cases where detectives have gone wide with appeals to identify people of interest. In one such case on Conley Road, investigators released photos and surveillance footage and urged tipsters to reach out to Crime Stoppers for anonymous leads, as reported by WSB-TV…