College Park, Ga. man jailed in triple murder of family at Grantville shooting range
A College Park, Georgia man is officially behind bars in the triple murder of the three family members at a shooting range in Grantville, Ga.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Grantville Police Department announced the arrest of 21-year-old Jacob Christian Muse late Friday night. Muse is charged with three counts of Malice Murder in connection with the April 8, 2022 triple homicide at the Lock, Stock & Barrel Shooting Range in Grantville, Georgia which left Tommy Richard Hawk Sr., Evelyn Hawk, both 75, and their grandson, Alexander Luke Hawk, 17, deceased.
The three Hawk family members were discovered by Coweta County Coroner Richard Hawk who called 911 reporting the incident on April 8th. Hawk noticed the three hadn’t come home and went to go check on them when he found the three members deceased.
GBI crime scene specialists spent days documenting, collecting, and preserving evidence. They collected physical evidence from the scene and turned it over to the GBI and ATF crime labs for expedited analysis. Muse has been booked into the Coweta County Jail and this joint investigation remains active and ongoing.
Anyone who visited the Lock Stock and Barrel Shooting Range or saw anything along Bohannon Road on Friday, April 8, 2022, is asked to call the GBI Tip Line at 1 800-597 TIPS (8477), Region 2 (Columbus) Office at (706) 565-7888, or the ATF Tip Line at 1 800-ATF-TIPS (283-8477) to assist law enforcement.
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