Police were called to investigate after the taxi wrecked around 11:20 p.m. outside the Ashford Embry Hills apartment complex on Henderson Mill Road. Medics discovered its driver was shot and dead at the scene, according to DeKalb County police.

“The victim was operating a taxi when he was shot, causing him to strike a fixed object off the roadway,” police spokesman Sgt. J.D. Spencer told AJC.com. “No suspects in custody and the investigation is ongoing.”