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Two dead in separate shootings in Gwinnett County, one outside popular lounge

The incidents happened early Sunday.

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Separate shootings left at least two men dead in Gwinnett County overnight Sunday, with one of the incidents happening outside a popular lounge in Norcross.

Two other men were injured and transported to a hospital in that shooting, which occurred outside 11 Eleven Lounge on Britt Road. 

A woman spoke to 11Alive's Brittany Kleinpeter who said her 19-year-old son is one of the two in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm, and that a friend of his who was with him is also hospitalized.

She said her other son was with them, and that she has not heard from him yet.

Gwinnett Police said an off-duty officer was working at a nearby karaoke restaurant when he heard shots and responded to the scene. He found one man dead in the parking lot outside 11 Eleven.

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"Shots were heard by an officer who was close by and he responded to make sure everyone was okay, but upon his arrival he found one male deceased in the parking lot of Eleven Lounge," police said.

Police did not detail the injuries to the other two men found with gunshot wounds.

That incident happened a little before 3 a.m.

In the other incident, a man was found dead with a gunshot wound to his torso at a location on Forrest Bend Lane in Snellville. 

Police said the shooting had happened while people were at a house party, but had few other details.

Detectives were still gathering info and talking to people who were at the party.

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