FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. — Early Wednesday morning, our crew saw multiple Fayetteville police officers at the Quality Inn on East Lanier Avenue.
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Fayetteville police confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that two men who knew one another got into a fight and both suffered wounds from “an edged weapon.”
One of those men was pronounced dead and the other was taken into custody.
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Neither of the men’s names has been released.
Channel 2 Action News was at the motel overnight as police blocked off off a portion of it with crime scene tape. Crime scene technicians were also on scene investigating.
Police say there is no danger to the public.
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