Georgia man suspected of killing five before shooting himself: sheriff

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

A Georgia man shot dead three people and is suspected of killing two others in a shooting spree involving his wife's family before killing himself, officials said on Saturday.

Wayne Anthony Hawes, 50, was found dead shortly after midnight at his home in Appling, about 130 miles (210 km) east of Atlanta, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

He also tried unsuccessfully to set his home on fire, the statement said.

Sheriff's deputies responding to a call found three dead people - a 75-year-old man, an 85-year-old woman and a 31-year- old woman - shortly before 8 p.m. (midnight GMT) on Friday.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-georgia-murders-idUSKCN0XK02Q

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World | Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:17am EDT

[tabasco]

1. The well-regulated militia spring offensive is underway.

Keeping us safe from tyranny.

[tanyev]

2. Helpful tip--if your fiendish plan ends with you killing yourself, try starting with that step.

[weknowvino2]

3. Guns... the NRA's answer to overpopulation

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Guns are NOT the problem, dammit!!!!

Bullets are.
We need to ban bullets.

[Lint Head]

4. Woo hoo! Bullets!

[liberalmike27]

5. I just hope

They allow him to sue the company that he purchased the firearm from--because clearly Remington did the act! No, not really. I wonder, was it a gun he'd just purchased, or one he owned for all of his life, because those 300 million are still going to be out there, no matter what background checks we put in place.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for background checks. I guess I'm just saying all the arguments about what a "HUGE" difference there was between Sanders and Hillary? Not, and yes, they were ridiculous considering all of this.

[SunSeeker]

6. So this is a different mass shooting from the one where 8 were killed earlier in the day, right?

So hard to keep up ...they all are just blurring into one long shooting nightmare.

[ananda]

8. Just another day in Madhouse Amerika.

..

[groundloop]

10. Yes.... those 8 were murdered in Ohio

And you're absolutely right, all this senseless gun violence seems to blend into one hazy memory in our subconscious which we learn to ignore and accept as 'normal'. It seems that the 'well regulated militia' hasn't been very well regulated lately.

[GeorgeGist]

9. S I C K

again.

[Judi Lynn]

11. Guns make evil so much easier. n/t

[sofa king]

12. The gun was only the weapon.

Selfishness was the cause.