3 found dead in Atlanta Murder-Suicide

Sep 8, 2011 - 18:19
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3 found dead in Atlanta Murder-Suicide

Angela Pearson had made a clean break from her boyfriend, Charlie Woods, earlier this summer, family and friends said.

But Thursday, the two were found dead in Pearson's Kirkwood home with her son, 24-year-old Darryl Pearson, victims of what police believe was a double murder-suicide.

"This didn't have to happen this way," said Nicole Pearson, who lost her mother and her brother to the incident.

Police say the deaths were spurred by some dispute between Woods and Angela Pearson.

"We believe this was a domestic [dispute]," Atlanta police homicide unit commander Lt. Paul Guerrucci told reporters, noting that two guns were found inside the home in the 2200 block of Ridgedale Road in northeast Atlanta.

Police said they were called to a report of criminal trespassing around 2:15 p.m..

Officers arrived to find two men and a woman dead inside the house from apparent gunshot wounds.

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