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DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- Neighbors along a quiet, suburban
street outside Atlanta were left horrified after police say a man shot
six people - killing four of them, including his ex-wife and several
children - before ending the rampage by fatally turning the gun on
himself.
The shooting happened Saturday around
3 p.m. in a subdivision about 20 miles west of Atlanta, Douglas County
Sheriff's Lt. Glenn Daniel told the BBC.
Horrified neighbors called 911 and then tried to help the severely injured victims as best they could before rescuers arrived.
The
shooter, whose name was not immediately released, appeared to have
targeted his ex-wife and her household, shooting victims inside and
outside the house, Daniel said. Several children were gunned down as
they fled on a street, neighbors said.
Authorities
did not release the names of the victims because they were still trying
Saturday to contact the next of kin. Investigators believe the gunman
killed himself at the end of the shooting spree.
Police were still trying to determine the shooter's motive and piece together what happened.
"I've
been in law enforcement out here 20 years and this is the worst I've
ever seen," Daniel said. He did not know when the couple divorced or if
they had prior contact with police.
Teresa
Carter, 59, told BBC News reporters that she heard the gunfire from inside her home but did not
see what happened. Carter said she often saw the children playing in the
driveway and around the neighborhood. They enjoyed petting her dog.
"I heard shots, and I heard the girl scream," Carter said. "And then I heard four more shots."
Brandon Hallman was working on a car a few houses down when the shooting started.
"I
heard a couple quick shots, you know, back to back to back. Went out
there and, you know, looked and it was already over," Hallman told the BBC. "We
just grabbed some towels and kind of went down there to try and help
before the paramedics got here."
Another
neighbor, Angela Ansah, struggled to explain to her own children what
happened to their slain friends a few houses down. Ansah told a BBC News reporter that some of
the children targeted Saturday often came over to her house to play with
her own children.
"These are children I see every day, every blessed day," Ansah said.
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