UPDATE: Body Discovered in Northwest Atlanta

UPDATE (1:18 p.m.): Atlanta police have released additional information regarding a body discovered near Collier Park on Friday morning.

WSB-TV reports that officers were first dispatched to the scene shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday after receiving a 911 call reporting a bullet-riddled red Jeep Grand Cherokee parked in the 3000 block of Collier Drive. Officers discovered a man slumped over inside the vehicle. An area resident told WSB she heard three or four gunshots.

The nearby children’s center is closed for the duration of the investigation.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says that police have recovered shell casings from the scene and determined that there are at least six bullet holes in the Jeep. Police believe the gunshots came from outside the vehicle.

ORIGINAL STORY (10:39 a.m.): Atlanta police are in the northwest of the city investigating a body that was discovered near Collier Park Friday morning, multiple sources report.

Homicide detectives are on scene in the 3000 block of Collier Drive, but police aren’t saying much else at this point, says WSB-TV. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the body was discovered inside a red Jeep Cherokee parked outside the Collier Park recreation center.

Patch is attempting to independently verify the above information with police and will update this article as more information becomes available.