Five dead in Atlanta in alleged murder suicide thought to involve family members

0Five are dead after an alleged murder-suicide in Atlanta, Georgia -Credit:Reach Publishing Services Limited (Reach Publishing Services Limited)Five people are dead after an alleged murder-suicide stemming from a domestic violence dispute, according to Douglas Police Department Chief Brannen PruetteFive people are dead in Atlanta, Georgia, in an alleged murder-suicide after police were called to a home on Friday in the early hours of the evening.

Douglas County police and Coffee County sheriff's deputies responded to the family's home at 11:09 p.m. after getting reports of an active shooter at a home in the Touchton Wood neighborhood. According to police, the call was placed by one of the victims.

Atlanta First reported that police from both counties found four adults dead inside the home, with a fifth person being taken to Coffee Regional Medical Center, where they later died.

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The outlet reported that investigatiors found no indication of an ongoing threat to the public. Police have yet to release the names of those who were found, citing the fact that they have not informed family members.

As of Saturday evening, the investigation is still ongoing. Officials revealed that the shooting was due to domestic violence, though officials told The New York Times who might have carried out the shooting.

Chief Brannen Pruette of the Douglas Police Department said that hours before the shooting, a woman, whom he referred to as "the wife, the female victim," had called complaining about her husband, who had been smoking in the house.

According to the chief, the woman said that "he was killing her with the smoke." Police later claimed that the person who had instigated the shooting had been killed, but it remains unclear whether there was one or multiple people who carried out the shooting.

Aside from noting the killings were linked to domestic violence, Pruette did not offer any more details. Mayor Tony Paulk issued a statement in the wake of the deaths.

"This devastating loss of life has shaken our community and left families, friends and loved ones facing unimaginable grief," he said. "No words can adequately express the sorrow surrounding such a tragedy."

Pruette announced that the bodies of the victims would be taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime lab for autopsies.