Statesboro Police Dept Investigating Death at Hampton Inn

The Statesboro Police Department is investigating the death of a Swainsboro man at the Hampton Inn.

Sunday afternoon, SPD received a call about an individual with a self-inflicted gun shot wound at the Hampton Inn. Officers rendered aid until Bulloch County EMS arrived on scene. The individual, 53 year-old Willie Lonzy Poole of Swainsboro, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, where he died from his injuries.

Detective Kevin Wadley with the Criminal Investigations Bureau is investigating the case, and no further information is being released at this time.