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Son arrested after police say he shot, killed his father at southwest Atlanta apartment complex

Son arrested after police say he shot, killed his father at southwest Atlanta apartment complex (Carlballou/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Atlanta police are investigating after a man shot and killed his father Tuesday morning.

Police responded to Synergy Apartments located at 3787 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW after reports of a person shot.

When police arrived to the scene they located the suspect and the victim.

Police told WSB′s Tyisha Fernandes the victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries.

The suspect, his adult son, was arrested and taken into custody.

>> Stay with 95.5 WSB for the latest on this developing story.