Father of 2 among dead in DeKalb County subdivision shooting

Deadly triple shooting in DeKalb subdivision

Two people are dead, and a third is fighting for their life in the hospital after a triple shooting rocked a quiet DeKalb County neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb Police are working a triple shooting where two of the victims have died.

It happened in the Cedar Park Place subdivision around 3 a.m. Tuesday. Neighbors were stunned by the violence.

"That's pretty alarming for two people to be shot dead right next to my house," neighbor Quincy Vinson said.

Vinson is still trying to make sense of the violence that woke him and his family up that morning, scrambling for safety.

"We got the kids together, hunkered them down to a safe place in the house [and made] sure we're all safe," the father said.

DeKalb County Police found four different scenes inside the subdivision. One man was critically wounded, two people were dead, and at least one handgun was found on the ground.

Family members revealed one of the deceased victim's identities to FOX 5 as 37-year-old Twayne Worthy, a father of the two.

Twayne Worthy

"I heard the shots about three-something this morning, but you know that's kind of normal. I am surprised that two people were killed, and another one was injured," community activist Amos King said.

One of the rounds just missed resident Eddie Carson's back. The bullet pierced his bedroom and disintegrated his remote control just inches from his body.

"If I had been sitting up like I normally do. That bullet would have hit me," he told FOX 5 in disbelief.

(Billy Heath/FOX 5 Atlanta)

DeKalb County Police have not explained how or why the shooting happened.

Neighbors in the Cedar Park Place subdivision want to unite and fight crime like this.

"The neighbors have to come together and tell what they see. The police can't do it all. It is not enough police. So you keep saying we need police, there's not enough police," community activist Amos King revealed. "It's very unfortunate that it takes place in a residential neighborhood like this one."