Man shot, killed outside Ponce Ave apartments

Man believed to be in his early 20s was shot Monday near complex next to Ponce City Market development

Update: 1 p.m.: The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Lee Lowery. Original story: A man who Atlanta police say was shot in the breezeway of a Ponce de Leon Avenue apartment complex near Midtown has died as a result of "at least one" gunshot wound. According to Atlanta Police Department spokesman John Chafee, officers were called to the Ford Factory Lofts, located in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood next to the Ponce City Market development, around 5 p.m. The man, who appeared to be in his early 20s and has not been identified, was originally transported to Grady Memorial Hospital in “extremely critical condition.” The apartments entrance shares the same parking lot that contains the local landmark Kroger grocery store, which has a …

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Sam Iam

3:22 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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