Body of Possible Carjacking Victim Dumped in Atlanta

Atlanta police are looking for the people they believe were responsible for a deadly carjacking in the southwestern part of the city overnight Thursday.

Police told WSB-TV that witnesses saw one of five people inside a car driving along Garibaldi Street shoot the driver then throw his body into the street. Another person inside the car fled the scene as the body was dumped. Police say the victim was in his late 20s.

A thorough investigation of the scene near where the man’s body was found didn’t turn up anything, police told the station.

If you have any information on this incident, please contact Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta by calling 404-577-TIPS (8477), texting “CSA Tip” to CRIMES (274637), or by submitting a tip online. All tips can be made anonymously.