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Cops: Woman arrested after shooting, killing man in DeKalb hotel

Aushun Lavoris Price is accused of shooting a man to death in a DeKalb County hotel room last month.

Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

Aushun Lavoris Price is accused of shooting a man to death in a DeKalb County hotel room last month.
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Updated July 22, 2021

An Atlanta woman was charged with malice murder after investigators accused her of shooting a man to death in a DeKalb County hotel room last month.

Aushun Lavoris Price, 35, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of Frank Hosey, DeKalb sheriff’s office spokeswoman Cynthia Williams said in a news release.

According to authorities, Price shot the 40-year-old Covington man in a hotel room June 19. The man later died of his injuries, officials said.

Investigators have not determined a motive for the shooting, according to Williams.

It is not clear how Price was identified as a suspect. She was arrested at a location on Metropolitan Avenue in Atlanta, Williams said. Price was booked into the DeKalb County Jail, where she remains without bond.

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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.

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