Police say a dead horse has been found along a busy roadway in downtown Atlanta

ATLANTA — Police in Atlanta say they have taken steps to remove a horse found dead on a sidewalk along a busy downtown street.

The Atlanta Police Department said on social media that the horse’s owner has been identified and “that person is cooperating with us.”

Personnel from the police department and Atlanta Fire Department were coordinating efforts to remove the horse “in a safe and respectful" manner and asked the public to avoid the area. No information was immediately released on how long it had been there or how it died.

The horse was found along Peachtree Street, a busting thoroughfare the runs through the downtown area, police said.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that video posted on social media early Sunday appeared to show it laying motionless in front of an ATM at the intersection of Peachtree Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive as shocked pedestrians walked by.