SYLVANIA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating two deaths in Screven County.

Leon Tolbert Jr. and Brandon Counts, both 30, were found dead with gunshot wounds.

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According to the GBI, law enforcement got a call around 3:15 a.m Saturday about a car accident on Highway 301 outside Sylvania city limits.

Officials arrived to find both men inside the car.

Tolbert was pronounced dead on the scene, while Counts was taken to the hospital, where he later died.

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