A DeKalb County apartment complex has paid $3 million to settle claims stemming from a 2016 shooting that left a teenage boy dead and a man seriously wounded.  

Creekside Forest Apartments, which was once termed “deplorable” by DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy Jester, has since been acquired by new owners and has undergone renovations, but it was notorious in 2016 for crime, garbage and empty units that often sheltered squatters and drug dens.