GBI investigating after 2 people found dead in Screven Co.

SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating after two people were found dead in a vehicle in Screven County.

According to the GBI, preliminary information indicates the Georgia State Patrol responded to a call just after 3 a.m. Saturday regarding an accident on Highway 301 South, just outside Sylvania City limits.

When officers arrived, they found 30-year-old Lean Tolbert Jr. and 30-year-old Brandon Counts, both of Sylvania, inside the car, each suffering from one gunshot wound. Tolbert, Jr, was pronounced dead on the scene.

Counts was taken to the hospital for treatment, but died a short time later.

Georgia State Patrol determined the car the victims were in was not involved in a crash, but had driven off the side of the road. A handgun was recovered from within the car.

The bodies of Tolbert, Jr, and Counts will be taken to the GBI Crime Lab in Pooler for autopsies.

The GBI was requested by the Screven County Sheriff’s Office.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Statesboro at 912.871.1121, or the Screven County Sheriff’s Office at 912.564.2013.