Ephrim Forbes, 49, Fatally Shot at Duluth Marriott Hotel — Attorney911 Investigates Negligent Security & Wrongful Death Under Georgia Law, Holding the Property Owner and Management Company for Failing to Protect Guests from Foreseeable Violence, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Attorney Who Knows How the Claims Machine Undervalues These Cases, We Preserve Hotel Security Footage and Incident Reports Before They Are Overwritten, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911
When a man is killed in a hotel room, the family does not have to wait for a criminal verdict to start protecting their civil rights A 49-year-old man is dead. Police found him inside a guest room at the Courtyard by Marriott on Venture Parkway in Duluth, Georgia, in the early morning hours of May 6, 2026. Gwinnett County Police say the shooting was “isolated” and “domestic” and that no one else in the hotel was in danger. That language is meant to calm the public. It is not meant to address what the family is owed. We are speaking directly to whoever is reading this on behalf of Ephrim Forbes. You are reading a page that exists because your family is now part of a small, terrible group of people in Gwinnett County who have had a loved one die inside a place they paid to sleep safely. The page that follows is not about us. It is about what Georgia law gives you, what evidence is already disappearing, and what the next 72 hours of your decisions will look like. If you are reading this in the hours after the death, please call us at 1-888-ATTY-911 before…