CLARKSTON, Ga. - Clarkston police are investigating a deadly shooting that left one man dead and another critically injured early Saturday morning.

What we know:

Officers responded to the parking lot of an adult entertainment club located at 1353 Brockett Road near U.S. 78 around 3:55 a.m. There, officers found 31-year-old Gary Matthews of Lithonia dead at the scene. Investigators said Matthews had been celebrating his birthday when the shooting happened.

According to police, Matthews and three others, two men and two women, were inside a vehicle when two men got out of a Jeep and opened fire. Officers spotted the Jeep leaving the area and tried to stop it, but the suspects got away. The vehicle was later found abandoned.\

The DeKalb County Police Department confirmed it assisted at

See Full Page