DeKalb police: Man shot woman, then himself at Tucker hotel

DeKalb County police are investigating a shooting at a Tucker hotel on Friday afternoon, officials said.

Officers responded to the DoubleTree hotel on Lavista Road, where a man shot a woman and then fatally shot himself, police said in a news release. Authorities said the two are related.

The woman was taken to a hospital with critical injuries. No one else was injured, police said.

The DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as 69-year-old Willie Fountain.

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