2 found dead in the front yard of a Barrow County home after a murder-suicide, the sheriff’s office said

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Two men were found dead in the front yard of a Barrow County home Friday evening, the county sheriff’s office said.

According to the sheriff’s office, officers were called to the home on Highway 82 in Winder where 22-year-old Bradley Messer shot 58-year-old Jeffery Orr and another person before killing himself. The second victim survived and was taken to a hospital where he is expected to recover.

The sheriff’s office did not disclose the events leading up to the shooting or the relationship between the shooter and the victims.

“We ask the public to keep the family in your prayers,” the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “No further information is available at this time.”

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