HIRAM, Ga. (AP) – Authorities say the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is speaking with relatives, friends and neighbors of a corporal who was killed in a murder-suicide to determine what may have prompted the shooting.
Sheriff’s spokesman Ashley Henson says authorities suspect Cpl. Sam Driskell’s 21-year-old stepson, Felix Almonte, shot Driskell, his 36-year-old wife and their 12-year-old daughter between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Henson says Sam Driskell was shot in his sleep with his service weapon. Driskell’s wife was shot in a doorway between the living room and their daughter’s room. Henson says the girl was also shot in her sleep before Almonte shot himself.
Driskell worked in the crimes against children division and deputies executed a welfare check after he missed a court date where he was expected to be a witness.