ATLANTA — A massive police presence unfolded near a popular Buckhead bar strip along Cains Hill Place after a deadly shooting on Saturday night.

Sunday morning the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the individual killed as 44-year-old Linton Blackwell of Atlanta.

Atlanta Police said one of their officers , off-duty and working a second job in the area, responded to a request for assistance from security at 5 Paces Inn. APD described a "disruptive patron" who'd been kicked out of the bar and was trying to re-enter at the back parking lot on Cains Hill Place.

APD said the off-duty officer encountered that person who was "in possession of a firearm" and discharged his own weapon. Police have not yet provided full details of the encounter, but the GBI described the following:

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