CENTERVILLE, Ga. — When Christian Golden arrived for his overnight shift at Crunch Fitness on Friday morning, he couldn't imagine the deadly scene that would unfold in the gym's parking lot that morning.

"One of my other overnight guys, he came and grabbed me and I was like, hey, look out there like police and everything," Golden said.

A 37-year-old Georgia man died following a police standoff in the gym parking lot near the Houston Galleria mall around 6 a.m., authorities said.

Michael Dewayne Bell died at the scene after shots were exchanged between him and officers, according to Centerville Police Chief Cedric Duncan . It remains unclear whether Bell shot himself or was killed by police gunfire.

Golden, who has worked at the gym since May, said his first concern was for the

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