Cops reveal what really happened to twin brothers found shot dead on Georgia mountain

Authorities have ruled the mysterious deaths of twin 19-year-old brothers found fatally shot on a Georgia mountain a double suicide.The bodies of Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis from Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, were discovered on March 8 around 90 miles away in Hiawassee, at the summit of Bell Mountain, close to the North Carolina border.The teens had planned to fly to Boston to visit their friends on the morning of March 7, but 24 hours later, they were found dead in a remote part of the state they had never visited before, their family said.Both deaths have now been declared suicides, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced in a statement Wednesday.“Based on the results of the medical examiner’s autopsy and other investigative findings, their deaths have been ruled suicide-suicide.GBI agents have met with the Lewis family to share the findings,” the statement read.Cellular location data from the pair’s phones established their movements from their home to Bell Mountain, the GBI said.“In the video that corresponds to those locations, the Lewis brothers are seen alone,” the statement reads.Only Naazir was seen traveling to the airport on March 7, but he never caught his flight and returned home, the GBI said.

Qaadir did not have an airline ticket.The ammunition used in the gun that fired the fatal shots was purchased by Naazir and arrived at his home on March 5, according to records seen by the GBI.Though the agency didn’t specify how they obtained the weapon.Both brothers searched on their phones for how to load a gun, suicide rates in 2024 and other chilling related searches, according to internet history retrieved by the GBI.The brothers concurrently fired the fatal shots, according to forensic evidence, and the injuries were self-inflicted, the GBI said following its investigation.The investigation into their deaths is set to be formally closed in the coming weeks.A Hiawassee volunteer firefighter, Scott Kerlin, ...