DeKalb County

2 dead after gunshots ring out at metro Atlanta motel

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities are investigating a bizarre shooting at a motel in DeKalb County that left two men dead.

NewsChopper 2 was over the scene at the Super Inn Motel on Wesley Club Drive in Decatur on Channel 2 Action News at Noon.

Super Inn Motel General Manager Earnest Marshall told Channel 2's Tom Regan that he found the bodies.

"I looked at the body and checked it," Marshall said.

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DeKalb County Police quickly arrived and began investigating. They're trying to figure out if the men knew each other, and what led to the shots being fired.

"It appears the two people in the room shot each other and they are both dead on the scene," said Shiera Campbell, DeKalb County Police.

Marshall said one of the men checked in on Thursday. The other, a member of the military from Colorado, also checked in on Thursday.

"I have no idea, they might have known each other," Marshall said.

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