Marcus Thomas, 39, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to three years and one month in prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced today.
According to court documents, on July 1, 2022, Atlanta Police Department (APD) officers responded to a report of shots fired at a Travel Inn on Forest Hills Drive in Atlanta, Georgia, the department stated.
The department said two witnesses at the location informed officers that they saw an individual—later identified as Thomas—holding a firearm outside his motel room.
The witnesses told officers they saw Thomas enter his room and then heard gunshots coming from his vicinity, according to the department.
As APD officers approached the room, they observed damage to the window consistent with gunshots, the department explained.
The U.S. attorney’s office said Thomas was ordered out of the room and detained.
Officers then searched the room and found a firearm magazine and multiple rounds of ammunition on the bathroom floor, as well as shell casings from spent ammunition near one of the beds in the room, the department confirmed.