Crime & Safety
Homeless Man Stabbed To Death Near Midtown Atlanta Landmark
The man's body was found Wednesday morning outside the IBM tower at West Peachtree and 14th streets.
ATLANTA -- A man who police believe to be homeless was found stabbed to death near a Midtown high rise office tower Wednesday morning. Police said the man's body was found outside One Atlantic Center around 8 am. Initial media reports that the man had been shot were unfounded.
The building is also known as IBM tower, and is located West Peachtree and 14th streets.
Police have not released the man's name, nor have they offered any information about possible suspects.
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Police just took down their yellow tape that was blocking off an area on the 1200 blk of W. Peachtree but they’re still trying to figure out who stabbed a homeless man here & why. The man died at some point last night/early this morning. Noon live report pic.twitter.com/qDB9LFfwYq
— Tyisha Fernandes (@TyishaWSB) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/TyishaWSB/... 26, 2019
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