Moultrie shooting spree – latest: McDonald’s manager named as one of three victims killed by employee
Kentavious White is believed to have shot and killed his 50-year-old mother, 74-year-old grandmother and his 41-year-old manager Amia Smith in Moultrie, Georgia
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A McDonald’s manager has been identified as one of the three victims killed by suspected gunman Kentavious White in a shooting spree across three different locations in Moultrie, Georgia, on Thursday.
White, 26, is believed to have shot and killed his 50-year-old mother at her home as well as his 74-year-old grandmother at her home next door in the early hours of the morning.
He then allegedly travelled to the fast food restaurant, where he was an employee, and shot dead his manager 41-year-old Amia Smith.
Surveillance footage, seen by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, captures White arriving at the restaurant and then getting Smith to come to the door. White then allegedly shot Smith before entering the McDonald’s and turning the gun on himself.
The motive behind the incident remains unknown.
A neighbour told The Associated Press that police had been called to the property that White shared with his mother just one day before the shooting spree after the suspect had come outside and fired a gun while shouting.
Police investigating potential shooting with ‘multiple incidents’ and ‘fatalities'
Multiple people were killed on Thursday in what’s believed to be a shooting spread across multiple locations in Moultrie, Gerogia.
“We are investigating multiple incidents and there are fatalities involved,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation told The Moultrie Observer.
One of the crime scenes is at a McDonald’s fast food restaurant, according to the paper.
Another address nearby is also under investigation, according to WALB-TV.
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Police are investigating the incident which took place in Moultrie, Georgia, around three hours south of Atlanta, and there are multiple crime scenes, according to The Moultrie Observer.
Moultrie police and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents are probing fatal incidents at Moultrie’s McDonald’s restaurant and a residence on Sixth Street Southwest, reported the newspaper.
Graeme Massie is following the news for The Independent.
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Four people are dead following a shooting in a rural town in Georgia, per local officials.
A gunman killed his mother and grandmother at two neighbouring homes in the town of Moultrie, killed a worker at a local McDonald’s, then died by suicide, the local coroner told The Associated Press.
Coroner offers timeline of Georgia shooting
The shooting in Moultrie, Georgia, today took place across multiple locations.
The gunman, as of yet unidentified, shot his mother and grandmother in their homes, Colquitt County coroner C Verlyn Brock told CBS News.
The shooter’s mother died at the scene, while his grandmother, who lived next door, was taken to a local hospital and died there.
After that, the gunman shot the assistant manager of a local McDonalds then killed himself.
Shooter reportedly worked at McDonalds where shooting took place
A gunman who killed four people, including himself, in rural Georgia on Thursday reportedly worked at a McDonald’s restaurant where one of the victims was killed, according to a local resident.
Sabrina Holweger, who works at an optometrist’s office near one of the shooting scenes, told The Associated Press she believes the gunman worked at a local McDonald’s , and appeared to have shot a manager at the fast food chain when she went to unlock the front door and let him in for an early-morning shift.
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No threat to public, city official says
There is no threat to the public following a shooting that left four dead in Moultrie, Georgia, on Thursday, according to city officials.
The gunman was among those who perished in the shooting, police have said.
Moultrie City Manager Pete Dillard told WALB-TV there’s now no danger to the public.
More details emerge about victims of Georgia shooting
The outlines of today’s shooting in rural Moultrie, Georgia, are starting to become clearer.
The gunman, whose name has still not been released to the public, is a 26-year-old man, who killed his 50-year-old mother, 74-year-old grandmother, then a 41-year-old McDonald’s worker, before dying by suicide, according to Colquitt County coroner Verlyn Brock.
Police are now seeking additional next of kin as they investigate the shooting, The Moultrie Observer reports.
The gunman shot and killed his family members in a series of neighbouring houses, and lived at the address where his mother was slain.
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Thursday’s mass shooting Moultrie, Georgia, was part of a wave of gun violence across the US in 2023.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 192 mass shootings this year, which is more than one such massacre a day.