RANGER, Ga. — No one’s sure why two brothers who lived with each other peacefully for years had a deadly falling out Sunday, Gordon County authorities say.
Autopsies confirmed that Jerry Cox, 61, and Roger Cox, 57, died in a homicide-suicide, Deputy Coroner Bo Nicholson said Tuesday. The sheriff’s office still is investigating who pulled the trigger, he said.
In a news release, Sheriff Mitch Ralston said a neighbor called 911 on Sunday after finding the brothers dead in their home on Knight Road.
Detectives obtained a search warrant and collected evidence, Sheriff Mitchell said. The bodies were sent to the State Crime Laboratory in Decatur, Ga., for post-mortem examinations, he said.
The coroner’s office assisted in the investigation, Mr. Nicholson said. Those investigations confirmed that the cause of death was a fight gone awry, he said, although neither had a history of violence.