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Police: Man charged with killing Gene Siller, 2 others had no apparent relationship with the golf pro
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Updated: 5:01 PM CDT Jul 9, 2021
By Madeline Holcombe and Dakin Andone, CNN
Police: Man charged with killing Gene Siller, 2 others had no apparent relationship with the golf pro
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Updated: 5:01 PM CDT Jul 9, 2021
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patriotic american flags lining the outskirts of the club can't mask the pain felt by members here, Those impacted by a gunman one day earlier, it didn't hit me until later. You know that this happened to our country club. It was really as I still can't believe it. A memorial of flowers and alone flag lie beside hole number 10, just feet away, tire tracks foreign to the course. Cobb County police say someone drove a white pickup truck onto the green, saturday afternoon. A member of Pine Tree said Jean Sylar, the golf pro who ran the club for nearly two years, went to check out the commotion, only to be shot and killed. Sebastian shoot played golf with jean. One day earlier, a really nice guy greeted everyone, treat everyone with respect. You know, Really good guy. Police say two more people were found dead in the back of the pickup truck, one of them, 46 year old Paul Pearson, identified as the owner of the truck. The other man was not identified. Friends and community members have raised more than $140,000 in support of Jeans family. I think we're all trying to stay kind of positive, you know, bring each other up because it's just such a tragedy that happened. Um, yeah, I just think we're we just got to keep each other happy gene left behind a wife, two boys and precious memories made on this golf course with so many more.