DeKalb County authorities say a man is dead after he was apparently shot and his vehicle struck a residence.

Sheriff Nick Welden said the incident happened Thursday at 6:16 p.m. Dispatchers received a call of a vehicle striking a residence in the 3000 block of U.S. 117 in Mentone near the Georgia state line.

The caller also reported that a man inside the vehicle had been shot.

Mentone Police, Dekalb County deputies, Dekalb Ambulance Service, and Mentone Fire and Rescue responded to the scene.

The man inside the vehicle, identified as Marcus Adam Battles, 39, of Mentone, died at the scene from his injuries, Welden said.

The Dekalb County Criminal Investigation Unit and Jacksonville State University’s Center for Applied Forensics are working on the investigation.

“This was such a senseless act of violence that took a man’s life and changed one family forever. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Battles family and friends,” Welden said in a statement.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay for the victim’s funeral expenses.

The organizer, identified as Battle’s sister-in-law, said he died in a presumed “road rage incident.”

“So senseless, so heartbreaking, so so much we can’t even begin to explain!” Jessica Barkley wrote.