Friday, August 26, 2011

Wewahitchka, FL: Gulf County Sheriff's investigators identify the two people killed in apparent murder-suicide

Wewahitchka - Gulf County Sheriff's investigators have now identified two people found dead in a Wewahitchka home this afternoon. They believe it is a murder-suicide case, brought on by a domestic dispute. Gulf County Sheriff's investigators say the 2 dead people are 40-year-old Oscar David Redd Jr. and his 40-year-old wife Patricia Redd.

Gulf County Sheriff's investigators believe the shootings happened sometime between noon and 1:00 Thursday afternoon at this home about 2 miles south of Wewahitchka on Highway 71. They believe David Redd, Jr. and his wife Patricia got into an argument. They say he pulled a gun, shot and killed her, then shot and killed himself.

A family friend, who was planning to pick up David Redd to help with some odd jobs, arrived at their house about an hour and a half after the shooting. "Some friends had come by the house, they had walked in the back door and found the wife apparently deceased in the kitchen area. They left and called us and when we arrived the husband was found deceased in the living room area," said Gulf County Sheriff Joe Nugent. Investigators say they found a gun under David Redd's body.

News of the shootings shocked the normally quiet town of Wewahitchka. "It's really tragic what happened. I can't believe it. I mean it's just terrible, who would do something like that? It's just terrible. Down here in Wewa, you just don't here of stories like that," said Patricia Hidle.

Gulf County Sheriff's investigators haven't said what sparked Thursday's deadly shootings, but neighbors say the couple was having marital problems.

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