Five Family Members Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide at Home in Douglas, Georgia
Police in Douglas, Georgia, say five adult family members died in an apparent murder-suicide at their home late on Oct. 9, 2026.
Five adult members of one family died in what police are calling an apparent murder-suicide at their home in Douglas, Georgia, late on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026.
“Investigators believe this was an apparent murder-suicide involving immediate family members who reside in the home,” Douglas Police Chief Brannen Pruette said at a news conference on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, according to The Associated Press and WSB-TV.
A call from inside the house
Police were called to the home shortly after 11 p.m. Friday. Officers found four adults dead inside. A fifth person, a woman, was alive when officers arrived but died after she was taken to a hospital.
One of the victims called for help from inside the home before she died, Pruette said. “It’s my understanding the call was placed by the wife, the female victim,” he said. “She called, and was complaining about the husband who was in the house smoking and she said he was killing her with the smoke.”
What is not known
Police have not released the names of the dead. They have not publicly said who fired the shots or what led to the shooting.
Douglas is a small city roughly 200 miles southeast of Atlanta.
