Authorities are investigating how two brothers died after Gordon County Sheriff deputies found both men dead at their home but at this point they believe it was a murder-suicide.
Deputies arrived at the residence on Knight Road near the Ranger community around 8 p.m. on Sunday after a neighbor called to report finding the men dead inside the home, said Sheriff Mitch Ralston in a news release.
The two men were identified as Roger Cox, 57 and Jerry Cox, 61, brothers, who both suffered gunshot wounds, Sheriff Ralston said.
Detectives have reason to believe that one of the men shot and killed the other before killing himself, he said.
The bodies were taken to the State Crime Laboratory in Decatur, Ga., for examination.