Crime & Safety
Robbery Suspect Dead, 1 Injured In DeKalb Gas Station Shooting: Police
A shootout broke out when police say a 19-year-old man tried to rob another man at a DeKalb County gas station.
LITHONIA, GA — Police say a deadly gunfight broke out after one man tried to rob another man around 7:30 p.m. Monday at a gas station in the 6400 block of Covington Highway.
DeKalb County Police on Tuesday accused 19-year-old Tristyn Mays of attempting to rob an unidentified man at the gas station. Police said this led to a shootout between the duo.
The man then ran from the scene and was found with a gunshot wound in a Cove Lane neighborhood behind the gas station, police said. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.
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Mays, however, died of his injuries, police said. Charges will not be pressed against the man who was hospitalized, police said.
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