‘Senseless tragedy’: Toddler unharmed after apparent murder-suicide in Valdosta home, police say

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WCTV) - Valdosta Police are investigating an apparent murder, suicide incident that occurred early Sunday morning.

It all unfolded at about 8:40 a.m. Sunday when officers responded to a home in the 500 block of Mack Drive due to receiving a call about someone who was at the home threatening to harm himself, the Valdosta Police Department revealed in a press release late Monday morning.

The caller went on to state that there was possibly “a deceased individual in the house, along with a small child,” according to police.

Moments later, officers arrived on scene, but when they attempted to contact someone inside the home, police said they heard a gunshot.

As a result, authorities immediately forced entry into the home, where they observed an unharmed toddler and then removed the child from the house.

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While searching the rest of the home, police said officers found a 29-year-old woman dead in one bedroom and a 32-year-old man “with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in another bedroom.”

Shortly after, the man was transported to the South Georgia Medical Center, where authorities said he was later pronounced dead.

As of Monday, the relationship between the man and the woman remains unclear.

This is an ongoing investigation.

VPD Chief Leslie Manahan said their thoughts go out to the family and loved ones of the victim.

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