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Intruder shot, killed inside Midtown Atlanta apartment, police say

ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting in Midtown.

Police told Channel 2 Action News that officers were called to The Mark apartments at 955 Spring Street in reference to a shooting.

Officers said the person who lives at one of the units came home to find someone inside the apartment. They confronted the intruder, who was shot in the chest and later died.

We’re working to learn more about this developing story on Channel 2 Action News

Investigators are questioning the person early Thursday morning. Police said the person is cooperating.

The apartment building is used largely as off-campus housing for Georgia Tech students.

The intruder has not yet been identified but Channel 2′s Tyisha Fernandes has learned he was 41-years-old.

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