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Florida Publix gunman posted about killing children, cops say
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Letters to the Editor \u2014 June 12, 2021
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Slain grandma tried to stop gunman in Florida Publix shooting: officials
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NYC man involved in driveway fight that led to 10-year-old’s death had gun cache: cops
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A mother and son — members of one of South Carolina\u2019s most prominent families — were found shot dead on their property this week, police said. <\/p>\n
The bodies of Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and her 22-year-old son Paul Murdaugh, 22 — who was facing trial in the boating death of a teenage coed — were found Monday evening with several gunshot wounds near a dog kennel at their home on Moselle Road in Islandton, a small town with only about 70 residents in central South Carolina, police said. <\/p>\n
Few details of the investigation have been made public, and as of Friday, no arrests had been made. <\/p>\n
The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that it is probing the deaths as a double homicide and said it has turned the case over to the state’s Law Enforcement Division.<\/p>\n
Paul Murdaugh was facing trial in the death of 19-year-old Mallory Beach, a University of South Carolina student who was killed in a boat crash in the waters north of Hilton Head Island in 2019. Paul had been allegedly operating the craft at the time.<\/p>\n
His grandfather, as well as his great-grandfather and great-great grandfather, were all elected and served as longtime 14th Circuit solicitors.<\/p>\n
Paul’s father, Alex, works for the prestigious law firm Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick, which was founded by Randolph Murdaugh in 1910. <\/p>\n
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\u201cWe ask for your continued patience and prayers through this tragic time,\u201d reads a post the firm put on Facebook. \u201cPlease contact law enforcement should you have any information that may be important.\u201d <\/p>\n
Beach’s family offered the Murdaughs their condolences in the wake of the news. <\/p>\n
“Having suffered the devastating loss of their own daughter, the family prays that the Murdaughs can find some level of peace from this tragic loss. They would like the family and the community to know that their thoughts and continued prayers are with the Murdaughs,” the family said in a statement to WTOC 11. <\/p>\n
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