GBI Investigating Officer Involved Shooting at Toccoa, GA Motel

The Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) is investigating a deadly shooting involving an officer in Toccoa. Officials said Toccoa Police responded to the Regency Inn on West Currahee Street after a man was shot and killed there on Tuesday.

When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot. Officers found a second man in a hotel room, previously visited by the first man. 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. A handgun was located at the scene. Officers rendered aid to both men, but both died at the scene. The man that was shot before police arrived is identified as Keith Bernard Tooley, age 52, of Toccoa. The man that was shot by police is identified as Chanin Emil Mayfield, age 32, of Toccoa.

The GBI will conduct an independent investigation. Once complete, the case file will be given to the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.