Gambling Argument Led To Murder: Police

ATLANTA, GA — An Atlanta man is under arrest for murder after police say he shot another man during a gambling argument near Ponce City Market in Atlanta last month.

Gregory Oliver, 33, was taken into custody at his lawyer's office last week and taken to Fulton County Jail, according to the Atlanta Police Department. According to police, officers were called to an apartment building at 633 Parkway Dr. — which is between Ponce de Leon Avenue and North Avenue near Ponce City Market — at about 9 p.m. on April 21.

There, they found Patrick Belton, 32, who had been shot several times. An EMS team responded and pronounced Belton dead at the scene.

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Police spokeswoman Officer Stephanie R. Brown said that a large group of men had been gambling in front of the apartment complex when two of them got into an argument. The argument "escalated into gunfire," she said.

Another man showed up at Grady Memorial Hospital shortly after police received a 911 call with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. The man refused to cooperate with investigators, police said. It was unclear on Thursday whether that man may have been Oliver.

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