Southwest Atlanta: 23-year-old shot while sitting in car in

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Atlanta police are investigating an early morning shooting that left a 23-year-old man injured early Sunday morning.

Police were flagged down on Hank Aaron Drive in southwest Atlanta by a group of people saying someone was shot.

Police located the 23-year-old man inside a car with a gunshot wound. The identity of the victim and the extent of his injuries was not released by police.

Investigators say the victim was injured near 400 Amal Dr. where a someone he was “approached by an unknown male suspect who brandished a firearm and then shot him.