The GBI has identified the two men killed in shootings at a Toccoa motel as Keith Bernard Tooley, 52, and Chanin Emil Mayfield, 32. Both men were from Toccoa.
According to authorities, police officers found Tooley dead when they responded to a report of a person being shot at the Regency Inn on West Currahee Street early Tuesday morning, July 5. Mayfield was shot and killed by police officers after he refused to put down his gun, the GBI says.
Officers found Mayfield with a gun in a hotel room that Tooley had visited.
“Officers saw this man with a handgun and gave verbal commands to drop the gun. He did not drop the gun and was shot by Toccoa PD officers,” says GBI spokesperson Natalie Ammons.
Investigators say a handgun was located at the scene. Officers rendered aid to both men, but Tooley and Mayfield died at the scene.
The GBI is conducting an independent investigation. Once complete, investigators will turn the case over to the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.
This is the 65th officer-involved shooting the GBI has been requested to investigate in 2022.
