On the night of June 17, 2015, multiple 911 callers reported gunfire at the Masters Inn on Windy Hill Road in Marietta, Georgia. Officers found 32-year-old Demetrius Towns of Atlanta in a second-floor breezeway with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cobb County Police identified and arrested two men from Marietta in the days after the shooting. Twenty-three-year-old Fredrick Hodge was taken into custody minutes after the incident, and 26-year-old Joseph Cory McCoy was arrested after being questioned by investigators. Both were booked on charges that included felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and were held without bond.

The motive was not released as the investigation continued. If anyone has information about Towns, his last movements that night, or the motel incident, please share what is known.