One man is dead and another was injured after being shot in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood late Saturday, according to police.

Atlanta officers were called just before 10 p.m. to the 1900 block of Jones Avenue along the edge of the Grove Park neighborhood. The scene is near the southwest bank of Proctor Creek.

When police arrived, they found two men with gunshot wounds. They were rushed to a hospital, but one of them did not survive. He was identified as Isaiah Brooks by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The injured man was said to be stable.

No other details have been shared by authorities about what led to the shooting or if any suspects are in custody.

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