Three dead at Lock, Stock & Barrel range in Grantville GA?

[Rustyt1953]

From a news article recently:

"Police Chief Whitlock said Tommy and Evelyn usually close up shop every afternoon by about 5:30, and return home by 6:00.

When they did not get home Friday evening, their son - Luke's father - Richard Hawk, drove to the shooting range, and Whitlock said Richard discovered their bodies inside the business, each one on the floor a few steps away from the others."

The miscreants apparently knew the layout and the routine.

Prayers of comfort for the Hawk family and prayers for swift apprehension of those callous killers.

 

[outta_ammo]

There is a seller on GB Lock,Stock and Barrel, same folks?

The GB seller is in California.

 

[BRL40]

Terribly Evil And Tragic!

I mention to my friends and their reaction is the same as yours and mine.

 

[Doug M.]

I am saddened, angered, and it is shocking. However, if you are truly surprised that there are people this awful who will do something like this, you need to overcome that mindset. Every place in this country, no matter how otherwise wonderful, has people living in or near it who are in fact easily capable of such actions.

I too am in the group that bets we will find that these are people known to the victims.

 

[somorris]

Prayers for the family.

 

[StakeOut]

It won't be a long wait.
As soon as the stolen firearms start to show up in the hands of those arrested for other incidents the game will be over for the low life that killed these people.
I'd like to see the police release a list of the guns stolen along with the serial numbers.

 

[75Vette]

I just got home from the range that I frequent which is in the same area as Lock Stock & Barrel. The ATF contacted them and told them to be on high alert. Apparently, according to the amount of shell casings on the scene it's looking like a full auto was used.

 

[03hemi]

When I was still working the road in my old agency, we had several home invasion robberies that turned into homicides. In every case, a friend or relative to the victims was in on the crime. Tipped off a bad guy, or was bragging about the target, whatever, someone had inside knowledge. The kid was 17 or so, I'm betting the perps knew him. I hope the perps get pulled over and refuse to "show me your hands". Otherwise in this climate they'll get released without bond and be gone...

Not in Coweta county, I don't believe so.
I also live in this county and have shot there also.
For those that don't know, Coweta is a "Second Amendment Sanctuary County" so this shows the attitude of the C.O.P. and the DA towards crime.

 

[wood714]

I could never comprehend the thought of walking into a room and seeing both my parents and my teenage son laying murderer. How could a person ever get over something like that.

From what I just looked up GA has the death penalty. It's still too good for anyone who would do stuff like this.

 

[vt_shooter]

There are just too many places where you can never let your guard down as you attempt to stay alert for the presence of potential ambush predators.

 

[Muss Muggins]

There are just too many places where you can never let your guard down as you attempt to stay alert for the presence of potential ambush predators.

I'm not gonna blame the victims for their unfortunate demise. Your mileage may vary . . .

 

[woodsltc]

Prayers for the Hawk family.......God Bless.


Don

 

[vt_shooter]

I'm not gonna blame the victims for their unfortunate demise. Your mileage may vary . . .

I doubt anyone else here, including me, did either, so your comment contributed nothing.

 

[gregintenn]

There is a solution for this type thing. We, as a country, don't have the stomach for it yet, but I predict it's coming.

 

[WardenRoss]

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[Muss Muggins]

I doubt anyone else here, including me, did either, so your comment contributed nothing.

Words have meaning. I took your post to mean that you believe the victims would still be alive had they kept their guard up, and that they failed to stay alert to potential ambush predators. Your objection is duly noted.

 

[Doug M.]

I've thought about this some more. Another lesson, one that will not go over well with some, is that there is a real possibility that information that should not have been known to others was known. Personal security includes dealing with some parts your life as "need to know". Most people share too much, whether on social media or otherwise.

 

[Absalom]

I've thought about this some more. Another lesson, one that will not go over well with some, is that there is a real possibility that information that should not have been known to others was known.

That certainly applies to private gun owners. But: If your business is guns and you have got a lot of them, and it's open to the public, there isn't much to keep secret.

We still don't have enough information, certainly not for any sweeping conclusions. Neither, apparently, does the police.

Could still be anything, from drugged-up locals who panicked, to an ice-cold premeditated hit to get guns, the murders planned because the owners were expected to be armed. The guns could be sitting in some loser's trailer in the same county, or already be on their way over the border or to some other part of the country.
Hopefully, somebody made a mistake somewhere and left a trail.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I just got home from the range that I frequent which is in the same area as Lock Stock & Barrel. The ATF contacted them and told them to be on high alert. Apparently, according to the amount of shell casings on the scene it's looking like a full auto was used.

Well....ought not to be too hard to find out what local owned what automatic weapon in the caliber that matches the shell casings. Important clue.
I bet law enforcement is working their CI's hard.

 

[quikdraw67]

Well....ought not to be too hard to find out what local owned what automatic weapon in the caliber that matches the shell casings. Important clue.
I bet law enforcement is working their CI's hard.

Nope.

If an automatic weapon was used I doubt that it was in the NFA registry.

That's the equivalent of using your vintage Ferrari Spyder in the Wayne County Fair demolition derby to win $250.

It will be an illegal weapon, either a stolen select fire weapon or an illegal conversion of a semiautomatic weapon.