A man was killed in a shooting at a Cobb County hotel Tuesday morning, according to officials.
Cobb police were called to the Budgetel Inn & Suites on Circle 75 Parkway shortly before noon when someone reported a person had been shot. When they arrived, they found the victim, identified as 26-year-old Demarcus Watson, with a gunshot wound, authorities said.
Officers tried to save his life but were unsuccessful, police said. He died at the scene.
A shooter has not been identified.
The investigation comes three weeks after a hotel employee was shot during an unrelated incident at a Quality Inn along Cobb Place Boulevard just off Barrett Parkway.
Gary Elliott, 26, of Acworth, was charged with aggravated assault and battery, burglary, felony theft and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, according to online jail records. The 48-year-old victim is expected to survive, though the bullets “did cause disfigurement to (the victim’s) face,” according to a warrant for Elliott’s arrest. Officials have not released details about a motive in that shooting.
Anyone with information regarding Tuesday’s shooting is asked to contact the Cobb County Police Department’s tip hotline at 770-499-4111.
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