Mother kills son, takes own life in shooting at Gwinnett County home, police say
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Gwinnett County police are investigating a deadly shooting at a home in Loganville Thursday morning.
Officials with the Gwinnett County Police Department said shortly before 9 a.m. they were called to a home on Bay Crest Court in Loganville after reports of a person shot.
According to a police spokesman, officers got received a call from a family member who them she woke up after hearing a gunshot. The caller said she went into another bedroom and found her brother shot and her mother dead.
The suspect was later identified as 52-year-old Nicole Strother, 52 years old. One of the victims has been identified as 15-year-old Alexander Postell.
Medics rushed Postell to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Investigators believe the woman died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
Detectives are working to determine a motive in the shooting.
If you have any knowledge that could help investigators, please call the Gwinnett County Police Department at 770-513-5300 or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477).
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