Bradley County Sheriff vehicles surround the home at 325 Baker Bridge Road in Cleveland, Tenn., where a triple homicide occurred.Charles Boling Sr. didn’t drink alcohol before killing his wife, his son and himself, but a toxicology report shows he did have painkillers and possibly other opiates in his system.
Blood tests show Boling, 68, had taken hydrocodone and dihydrocodeine, along with the depression medication citalopram before shooting himself in head with a shotgun at his son’s home in Bradley County, Tenn.
The triple homicide, which took place on Sept. 30, rattled neighbors and family, many of whom live near the scene of the shooting on Baker Bridge Road, located about halfway between Charleston and Benton, Tenn. The Bolings had been connected to the community for more than 20 years.
After the shooting, some police in Bradley County said it was one of the grisliest scenes they’ve ever responded to.
The autopsy report shows Boling’s wife Gail, 64, and son Charles Boling Jr., 47, died from multiple gunshot wounds. Gail Boling was shot in the back and at close range in the chest and abdomen with a shotgun, hitting her heart and liver, according to the autopsy released Thursday.