The Brief
- Douglas County investigators believe a Nov. 4 shooting that triggered a deadly deputy standoff is connected to a homicide discovered at the same Villa Rica property a day earlier.
- A man was shot and wounded outside a Conners Road home before the suspected gunman, 53-year-old Bradley Cox, barricaded inside and was fatally shot by SWAT deputies when he confronted them with a sword.
- The sheriff’s office confirmed detectives are treating the aggravated assault shooting and subsequent standoff as linked to the Nov. 3 murder of Eugene Scales.
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. – A shooting that left a man injured and sparked a deadly SWAT standoff on Conners Road is connected to an earlier murder on the same Villa Rica street, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
What we know:
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations are investigating three violent incidents that unfolded across 48 hours in the 8000 block of Conners Road.…