1 dead, 1 injured in shootout in Lithonia neighborhood

DeKalb County police investigate after one person was killed and another injured in a shooting a Lithonia-area neighborhood on July 20, 2022. (FOX 5)

A shootout left one person dead and another injured in a Lithonia-area neighborhood on Wednesday evening.

It happened in the 2400 block of Overlook Avenue near Osceola Road. DeKalb County police said officers arrived to find the body of a man in his 20s. Investigators said he was shot.

A second shooting victim, also a man in his 20s, was found at the scene and was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition, police said.

Investigators said shots were exchanged during a gathering at a home,

Details about who fired those shots were not immediately known.

The names of the victims have not been released.

A motive remains under investigation.