Atlanta police are investigating after a man was shot and killed outside a hookah lounge in downtown Atlanta early Tuesday morning.
The shooting happened at 255 Trinity Ave. outside the Monaco hookah lounge around 6 a.m. Officers found a man dead from at least one gunshot wound in the middle of the street outside the lounge.
WSB′s Kristen Holloway talked with a woman at the scene, who said that the victim was the 24-year-old father of her 1-year-old daughter.
Police said they believe that an argument broke out inside the lounge and then escalated into a shooting.
The man was shot and killed outside the lounge.
Police said they are talking to several witnesses to try to piece the events leading up to the shooting together. Police said they were told a vehicle left the scene and that they are working to identify a person of interest.
People outside the lounge cried and hugged. The victim has not been identified.
In 2020, up-and-coming Chicago rapper King Von was shot to death outside the same lounge after a shootout in the parking lot. A 22-year-old Savannah man was arrested and charged with murder in that case. Three other people were injured.
On Instagram, Monaco lists its hours as 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. It’s unclear if the lounge was still open when the man was killed.
Police are also investigating a deadly shooting that happened on the 2500 block of Jonesboro Road around 5:30 Tuesday morning. Police said the shootings were not related and that both investigations are still active.