Driver found shot to death in DeKalb County
Channel 2's Steve Gehlbach was on Flat Shoals Road in DeKalb County, just east of Interstate 20, where the driver of a black Ford F-150 truck was killed.
The truck crashed near the entrance of the Highlands of East Atlanta apartment complex.
DeKalb County Police Crime Scene Investigators are working to determine the circumstances behind the driver's death.
Gehlbach could see at least one bullet hole on the truck's driver's side rear door.
Channel 2 has contacted DeKalb County police and we are awaiting more details.
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