The Cherokee County Sheriffâs Department has announced the Tuesday night arrest of three people who are suspects in a quadruple homicide earlier in the morning. Additionally, officials have released the names of those who were shot and killed.
Deputies responded to a report of a body being on a driveway of a large home in the New Summerfield Community, about 13 miles north of Rusk and about 100 miles northwest of Jasper. Deputies say they found three more bodies behind the home.
According to Sheriff Brent Dickson, the suspects are; Jesse Pawlowski, 20, Dylan Welch, 21, and Billy Phillips, 37, all of Jacksonville. Dickson says each man has been charged with Capital Murder.