LITHONIA, Ga. — One person is dead and another is recovering in the hospital after a shooting in a Lithonia neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
A spokesperson with DeKalb County Police Department said officers were called to a home along Penwood Place, not far from Miller Grove High School.
11Alive Skytracker flew over the area where police had set up crime scene tape around a home. Footage shows the police presence in the Somerset complex.
When officers arrived, they found 34-year-old Jamal Jenkins dead in the doorway, they said. A 21-year-old was found inside the home with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Police said Jenkins went to the home to purchase drugs and pulled a gun. A third party in the home took out his own gun and shot Jenkins.
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