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Victim in Sunday Lilburn apartment shooting identified

By AccessWDUN staff

Gwinnett County Police have identified the man who was killed in a shooting Sunday afternoon in a Lilburn apartment. 

According to a release from the police department, investigators believe 27-year-old Oshane Scott of Lilburn lived at the apartment where he was found shot to death.

Investigators believe the motive for the shooting appears to be drug-related, according to the release.

Detectives are still asking anyone with information to come forward.

Original story posted Monday, Jan. 18, 11:09 a.m.:

After a man was found shot to death inside a Lilburn apartment on Sunday afternoon, Gwinnett County homicide investigators are asking for help from the public in the case.

Officers responded just before 3 p.m. to The Aurora @ Twenty Seven Hundred apartments on Park Crossing Way, according to a press statement issued by the Gwinnett County Police Department.

"When officers arrived, they found one black male in his 30s deceased from gunshot wounds," the statement said. "Detectives are still in the preliminary stages of this investigation. The victim’s name will be released upon notification of their next-of-kin."

Police said they do not yet have a motive for the crime.

Anyone with information in the case (#21-004179) is asked to contact the Gwinnett County Police Department at 770-513-5300. For those who want to remain anonymous, tips can got to Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or at www.stopcrimeATL.com

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