A woman was recovering after being shot in the leg at a motel near Lithonia.
The incident happened about 5:15 a.m. Thursday at the Budgetel Inn & Suites on Panola Road near I-20.
Channel 2 Action News reported that the woman told police a man was trying to rob her when the shooting took place.
“It’s a possibility that she knew him,” DeKalb police Sgt. V. Gamble told Channel 2. “She advised that they met earlier in the day and he came back tonight.”
The name of the victim was not immediately available.
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