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Deputies: Father shoots daughter before shooting himself in Hall County
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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HALL COUNTY, Ga. - Hall County investigators are working to learn what led up to a murder-suicide attempt in Tuesday.
According to the Hall County Sheriff s Office, deputies went to the 3000 block of Old Pleasant Hill Road around 4:30 p.m. and found two people suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
82-year-old Horace Owens shot his 62-year-old daughter before shooting himself, deputies say. Investigators confirmed the shooting happened because of a domestic dispute at the home on Old Pleasant Hill Road.
Hall County Fire Services took Owens and the daughter to a nearby hospital for treatment.
An 82-year-old Hall County man and his 62-year-old daughter are hospitalized at Northeast Georgia Medical Center after a shooting incident on Old Pleasant Hill Road in the Oakwood area Tuesday afternoon.
Derreck Booth, a spokesman for the Hall County Sheriff s Office, described the incident as an attempted murder-suicide, saying the shooting was the result of a domestic argument at the home. Deputies responded to the shooting in the 3000 block of Old Pleasant Hill Road at approximately 4:30 p.m. and located two individuals suffering from shotgun wounds, Booth said in an email statement. According to the initial investigation, the suspect, Horace Owens, 82, shot his daughter, 62, and then shot himself.
Authorities believe man, 82, shot his daughter in attempted murder-suicide in Oakwood
Editor s note: An earlier version of this story referred to the area as Gillsville. Authorities later corrected themselves and said the incident occurred near Oakwood.
An 82-year-old man allegedly shot his daughter and then shot himself at an Oakwood home Tuesday, Feb. 2, according to authorities. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident as an attempted murder-suicide.
The office said two people were found with shotgun wounds around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 3000 block of Old Pleasant Hill Road in Oakwood.
Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth said investigators believe Horace Owens, 82, shot his 62-year-old daughter before shooting himself.