Three people were shot at a DeKalb County restaurant just a few miles from a fatal shooting at a motel, police said.
Officers were called to a Budgetel Inns and Suites along Gus Place at about 12:45 p.m. on Dec. 28 and found Jacorey Arnett, 19, dead at the scene, DeKalb police spokesman Lt. Shane Smith said. A 38-year-old man was also taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.
Smith said investigators determined the shooting was justified.
The incident began with a physical confrontation between two men and the injured victim fleeing into his hotel room from the assault, police said. Arnett and another man followed the victim and there was an exchange of gunfire, Smith said. Authorities did not say if the third person involved would be charged.
About three miles away from the motel, which is right off I-285 and Flat Shoals Road, officers said they were called to Touchdown Wings on Flakes Mill Road at about 3:20 p.m. and found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
A second victim, a 24-year-old man, was found at a Chevron gas station along Flat Shoals Road in serious condition, police said. While police were at the scene, a 45-year-old man arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound and confirmed he had been shot in the same incident.
No arrests have been made in the shooting at Touchdown Wings.
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