A man arrived at a DeKalb County hospital late Tuesday night with multiple gunshot wounds, and police still don't know where the actual shooting took place. Officers responded to the hospital on DeKalb Medical Parkway around 10:20 p.m. after the victim showed up in serious condition, according to DeKalb County Police.
The hospital in question is Emory Hillandale Hospital at 2801 DeKalb Medical Parkway in Lithonia, an acute care facility with 90 staffed beds that runs a 24-hour emergency department handling more than 60,000 patient visits a year, according to Medicare Care Compare data. The facility joined the Emory Healthcare system in September 2018 after previously operating as DeKalb Medical, per American Hospital Directory records. As reported by FOX 5 Atlanta, police have not released the man's identity, provided any information on potential suspects, or confirmed the exact location where the shooting occurred.
Car on Camelia Lane Raises Questions
Investigators are now looking into whether a vehicle discovered on the 100 block of Camelia Lane is connected to the shooting, the station's report notes. The area includes residential developments such as the Ashley Vista apartment complex. The vehicle may have been involved in the incident, though detectives have not said whether it belonged to the victim, a shooter, or someone else entirely.
Detectives determining whether the Camelia Lane vehicle was used during the shooting are working within a department that has sharpened its focus on vehicle-linked crime recently. DeKalb County Police pursuits jumped from 17 in 2024 to 99 in 2025 following local public safety policy changes, per WABE. The department has also leaned on similar public appeals in other open vehicle cases, including a fatal hit-and-run on Covington Highway this month, according to The Jewkes Firm, which notes that leaving the scene of a fatal collision is itself a felony under Georgia Code § 40-6-270.
Tip Line Central to the Investigation
Anyone with information is asked to submit an anonymous tip through the free DeKalb County PD app, or send a text beginning with DKPD to 847411, per the station's account. That text-a-tip system was launched by DeKalb County Police in partnership with tip411 in November 2024, and the platform strips phone numbers and identifying metadata before officers ever see the message, according to DeKalb County Government.
DeKalb County Police are handling the investigation. If a suspect is identified, the applicable charges and penalties have not been specified.
Part of a Broader Pattern of Shootings
Tuesday night's shooting remains the focus of the investigation. Earlier this year, separate shooting coverage was cited, but the details of that case were not verified in the available material.
No midyear 2026 comparison data are cited here. For now, police have not released the man's identity or provided information on potential suspects, and the exact location where the shooting occurred remains unconfirmed.
