The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is assisting the Towns County Sheriff’s Office with a death investigation involving two Gwinnett County men on Bell Mountain in Hiawassee.
The GBI's website press release says hikers found two men dead at the top of Bell Mountain on Saturday, March 8 after 11:00 a.m. The men were identified as twin brothers, Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis, both 19, of Lawrenceville.
The Towns County 911 Center received notification that two people were found dead at the top of Bell Mountain. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Towns County Sheriff’s Office shortly after the discovery.
Both men were found with gunshot wounds. The preliminary investigation reveals the deaths to be a murder-suicide. Autopsies are pending.
The GBI adds that the death investigation is active & ongoing.
