Man found shot to death on DeKalb apartment balcony, suspect Joshua Buggs arrested

Jan 11, 2017 - 16:10
Jan 13, 2017 - 12:57
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Man found shot to death on DeKalb apartment balcony, suspect Joshua Buggs arrested
Joshua Buggs

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Police say one man is in custody after a shooting that left another man dead Tuesday night at a DeKalb County apartment complex

The shooting happened on an apartment balcony around 11:45 p.m. at the Pleasantdale Crossing Apartments complex, police said.

DeKalb County police said the victim was found  by officers shot to death on the balcony and the handgun used in the murder was also recovered on the scene.

Police Joshua Buggs, 31.

According to police, Joshua Buggs, 31 was arrested. Detectives believe Buggs and the victim knew each other, but wouldn't go into detail as to what that possible relationship might be. Detectives also said that Buggs apparently lives at the unit where the shooting happened. It's not clear if the victim lived there as well.

Police said the shooting appears to have been over money.

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