Richmond County Sheriff Mark Gulledge reported on the sheriff’s office Facebook page that on Sunday, Aug. 4, at approximately 8:15 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a home on McCoy Dr. in Hoffman about a report of a domestic situation and possibly that a person had been shot.
Deputies arrived and spoke with neighbors who advised that a domestic situation had occurred between the male and female that lived in the residence and that they had heard gunshots.
Deputies entered the residence and cleared all the rooms except one locked bedroom door. When deputies attempted to breach the door, a single gunshot was heard from inside the room, according to Gulledge.
Deputies were able to breach the door, and once inside, they located a deceased male and female inside the room who had died from apparent gunshot wounds, said Gulledge.
Investigators were contacted to take over the investigation. At this time, it appears to be a domestic situation between the male and female that lived together inside the residence and resulted in a murder-suicide, said Gulledge. The investigation is ongoing and, at this point, is an isolated incident.
Names were not released.
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