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More than half a dozen tips have been made to two counties in North Carolina, claiming that fugitive Brian Laundrie is hiding out on the Appalachian Trail. Officials from both Watauga County and Avery County sheriff’s offices in North Carolina said that the calls have been flooded in during the past 48 hours, with callers […]
Associated Press
BOONE, N.C. A married couple found dead along with a suspected gunman after a 13-hour standoff at a North Carolina home were members of the same family, a sheriff s office said Thursday. Two deputies also were fatally shot in the home.
The Watauga County Sheriff s Office said George Wyatt Ligon, 58, and Michelle Annette Ligon, 61, were killed Wednesday inside their home in Boone. A sheriff s statement said the suspect, Isaac Alton Barnes, 32, also was found dead at the home and had a large number of weapons.
Barnes was identified as Michelle Ligon s son and George Ligon s stepson.
Authorities said Barnes was suspected in the fatal shootings of two deputies who had been dispatched to the home Wednesday. Sgt. Chris Ward died at a hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee, after Wednesday s shooting while K-9 Officer Logan Fox died at the scene, the sheriff s office said.