Man charged with murder after shooting at Cobb extended stay motel

A suspect was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly shot and killed a man at an extended stay motel near Marietta, authorities said.

Cobb County police responded around 4:45 a.m. to a report of a person shot in a room at the Cumberland Lodge on South Cobb Drive. Ricky Haney 31, of Marietta, was found with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Cobb County police investigated the shooting Wednesday morning that left a man dead.

The suspect, Clarence Mitchell, 28, also of Marietta, told detectives that he and Haney got into a fight Tuesday. Mitchell said they fought again Wednesday and he admitted to shooting the victim during that struggle, according to police.

Clarence Mitchell, 28, of Marietta, is accused of shooting another man to death in Cobb County on Wednesday.

Mitchell was booked into the Cobb jail on charges of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.