Dametris Dameon Bush will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Gwinnett County jury found him guilty in a deadly motel ambush that prosecutors say was all about payback.
Bush was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole plus 40 years in the June 17, 2025 shooting that killed 29-year-old Andre Sharron Jones Jr. outside the Horizon Inn and Suites in Norcross. Prosecutors told jurors the attack was no random drive-by, but a targeted, retaliatory hit tied to Gangster Disciples activity. A woman who was not involved in the dispute was also wounded. Bush was convicted of malice murder, felony murder and multiple related charges.
Deadly Payback At The Horizon Inn, Prosecutors Say
According to a Gwinnett County release, Bush and two alleged gang members went to the Horizon Inn and Suites on Dawson Boulevard looking for a man they believed had stolen a firearm from another gang associate. Officers arriving at the scene found Andre Jones with a gunshot wound to the chest. Bush and co-defendant Jaharri Foster were later arrested on murder and aggravated-assault charges, and investigators said a woman at the motel was hit in the leg but survived.
Video, Witnesses And A License-Plate Reader
Surveillance footage and live testimony did much of the talking at trial. Prosecutors said video showed Bush earlier in the day walking the motel property in what they described as Gangster Disciple colors, then returning later and opening fire on Jones.
WSBTV reports that jurors saw video of Bush firing two shots, one of which struck Jones in the chest. The outlet also notes that a license-plate reader helped investigators identify the getaway vehicle. During court, prosecutors said Bush tried to distance himself from the scene entirely and downplayed the gang’s criminal role.
Family Responds
For Jones’s family, the guilty verdict and heavy sentence did not feel like closure.
As FOX 5 Atlanta recounted, his mother said the arrests and conviction bring little relief, calling the loss unbearable. “There’s no comfort that I’ll ever get,” she told reporters, urging the community to stand up against the kind of recurring gun violence that took her son’s life.
Co-defendant Still Facing Charges
Police arrested 28-year-old Jaharri Foster on June 26, 2025 on similar charges tied to the motel shooting. Prosecutors did not provide an update on Foster’s case in their latest announcement, and Atlanta News First reports that two other co-defendants still have not gone to trial.
Gwinnett Cracking Down On Gang Violence
Officials have framed Bush’s conviction as part of a wider push to rein in gang-related crime in the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit. The district attorney’s Drug and Gang Task Force recently prosecuted a separate December 2025 gang case that also ended in life sentences, according to a Gwinnett County release.
For background on how the Norcross motel case first unfolded, see our earlier original motel shooting report from June 2025.
How To Help Investigators
Authorities are still asking anyone with information that could help current or related investigations to step forward. FOX 5 Atlanta notes that tipsters can contact Gwinnett County detectives at (770) 513-5300. Anonymous tips can be shared with Crime Stoppers at (404) 577-TIPS.
