Four dead in Atlanta ‘murder-suicide’: bodies found lying in driveway in front of house

A man killed three people in Atlanta before shooting himself dead early Saturday morning, police said.

According to Georgia sheriff’s officials, officers found two bodies in the driveway when they arrived at a home in Sharpsburg. This happened after receiving numerous 911 calls shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.

It was also revealed that another body was found in the doorway of the home. When officers arrived on the scene, a man ran into the home and a gunshot was heard. Authorities also said that a SWAT team then arrived and secured the home — before finding the man’s body.

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Sheriff’s officials said they are investigating the case as a “murder-suicide.” Authorities have not released the names of the victims or the suspected shooter pending notification of family members. Additional details were not immediately available.

Most of the neighbors Atlanta News First spoke with said the community is generally quiet. Many were shocked that something like this happened in their backyard.

Audrey Jackson, a woman who lives in the neighborhood, said: “It’s really close to home, you know. It’s crazy to think that something like this could happen so close and you wouldn’t know about it. And to think that four people back to back, right next to your house.

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Brandi Wright, who lives very close to the house where the deaths occurred, said she heard something unusual around 12:30 a.m. She said: “It had just started raining and my mom was like, ‘Did you hear that? It sounded like thunder.’ And I told her, I was like, ‘I don’t think that’s thunder. It sounded like a gunshot because it was a lot louder than thunder.'”

As Wright spoke about the murders, she was visibly shaken. She said that when she woke up in the morning, a neighbor called her to tell her what had happened. She added: “Nothing has ever happened like this in this region.

“I live right around the corner, and it’s just crazy how close it is to my house. You can’t even stay safe in your own house anymore. It’s crazy. I’m really nervous about it… I’ve lived here my whole life, and it’s just crazy to know that.”

It comes as promising basketball star Carl Hens Beliard was shot dead while driving a car, and police arrested a teenage suspect. Beliard, 18, was found with a gunshot wound in a car driving up the sidewalk in Salem, Massachusetts. A bullet hole was visible in a window. He was rushed to Salem Hospital where he sadly died. Missael Pena Canela, 18, of Salem, was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with murder.