Georgia Murder-Suicide Kills 5 Family Members in Douglas After Domestic Violence Call
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 10
Georgia Murder-Suicide Kills 5 Family Members in Douglas After Domestic Violence Call
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 10
Summary
Five adults died after a Friday night shooting at a home in Douglas, Georgia, where police found four people dead inside and a fifth victim later died at a hospital.
Douglas police said the killings involved family members living together and were tied to domestic violence; officials have not identified the victims or said whether one or multiple people opened fire.
Hours before the shooting, a woman at the home called police to complain that her husband was smoking inside and "killing her with the smoke," Chief Brannen Pruette said.
Police said whoever carried out the shooting was also dead and that there was no threat to the public; the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab will conduct autopsies.
Douglas — a city of about 12,000 roughly 200 miles southeast of Atlanta — was left searching for answers as officials offered no further motive.