The search continues for clues

in the killing of a police officer in South Fulton County Tuesday night.

Officer Aaron Blount was pronounced

dead at Grady Hospital late Tuesday night after a Fulton County police

officer discovered Blount dead in his vehicle at the intersection of Roosevelt

Highway and Ben Hill Road in Red Oak.

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Office Major Wenda Phifer said Blount, 26, was not responding to a call,

but had apparently stumbled on suspicious activity when he activated his

blue light Tuesday night.

Blount was shot multiple times

in his vehicle, and police recovered a semiautomatic weapon at the crime

scene, Phifer said.

"We are all just in a

state of shock," she said.

Blount had just had his wedding

invitations mailed out earlier in the day, and leaves behind a 13-month

old son. His killing marks the first-ever killing of a police officer

in South Fulton County, Phifer said.

Phifer said another office

discovered Blount in his vehicle at 10:08 p.m. Tuesday, and Blount was

transported to Grady.

Police believe Blount may have

stopped a robbery attempt.

Phifer said her department

is heading to the Governor's office to see if their is reward money available,

and said $2,000 has already been pledged towards a reward fund.

Anyone with information on

the crime should calla special hotline at 404-699-4210.