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NEW DETAILS: Slain golf pro was not targeted in shooting, Cobb police say
AJC ^ | Caroline Silva,

Posted on 07/06/2021 10:21:18 AM PDT by ScubaDiver

Police said Tuesday they believe a Cobb County golf pro was not targeted when he was shot and killed Saturday afternoon at his Kennesaw country club.

Gene Siller went to check on a report of an unauthorized pickup truck that had driven onto the Pinetree County Club course around 2:30 p.m., police said. Shortly after, officers found him on the green of the 10th hole with a gunshot wound to the head, police spokeswoman Officer Shenise Barner told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Police believe Siller “happened upon a crime in progress” and was “killed because he witnessed an active crime taking place.”

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Just an unbelievably weird story. Police are being unusually tight-lipped and reporters today don't want to dig particularly if they think it might shine poorly on a protected class.

Car-jacking? Drug-deal gone bad? Psychopath or serial killer? Who knows. More information on the other two decedents could probably shed a lot more light.

1 posted on 07/06/2021 10:21:18 AM PDT by ScubaDiver
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Me thinks poor guy came across a hi end coke deal and needed to be silenced


2 posted on 07/06/2021 10:24:56 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: Bell Bouy II

APB for Antone Shugar


3 posted on 07/06/2021 10:26:38 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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Police are being unusually tight-lipped and reporters today don’t want to dig particularly if they think it might shine poorly on a protected class.

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That’s it. Protecting certain classes takes precedent over exposing the crime.


4 posted on 07/06/2021 10:27:53 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ScubaDiver

The story in the last day or two was that he drove his pickup into a sand trap and there were two already-dead bodies in the back of the truck. When the Pro went over to see what was going on, he was shot dead.

Incredibly weird story. The poor dead Pro leaves behind a wife and kids.

The nation is full of so many sickos these days.


5 posted on 07/06/2021 10:29:01 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I’m not a conspiracy theorist....but, I don’t believe in coincidences, either.” ~ Steve Bannon)
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To: Bell Bouy II

That would make sense if this all happened in the parking lot. But, it didn’t. It happened on the actual golf course with the truck being stuck teetering on a swale next to a greenside bunker, which can be seen in this CNN story...

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/06/us/gene-siller-pro-golfer-shot-killed-georgia-golf-course/index.html

That hardly seems like an ideal location for a drug deal. But, like I said, who knows at this point.

The truck’s presence on the golf course is why the golf pro went to investigate. And for that, he was shot in the head four or five times.


6 posted on 07/06/2021 10:30:17 AM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: Bell Bouy II
I think a more clandestine meeting place than the 10th green of a country club golf course might be in order.


7 posted on 07/06/2021 10:31:11 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: haircutter

*ping*


8 posted on 07/06/2021 10:31:43 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: ScubaDiver

An earlier story said that earlier in the week an unidentified man got all irate because he was kicked of the course for fishing in one of the ponds.

The nutcase could have returned for revenge?


9 posted on 07/06/2021 10:31:48 AM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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That hardly seems like an ideal location for a drug deal. But, like I said, who knows at this point.

“What, did they close the mall?” -Tuco Salamanca

10 posted on 07/06/2021 10:33:45 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: logitech

ping


11 posted on 07/06/2021 10:36:26 AM PDT by WXRGina
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To: Bell Bouy II

he WAS targeted.

he was not hit by stray gunfire


12 posted on 07/06/2021 10:36:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Starboard

some people did some thing


13 posted on 07/06/2021 10:37:15 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: G Larry

That’s interesting. I had not heard that, not even from friends who live very near the shooting.

What really irritates me is the police say in their statement that it’s ‘too early to speculate’ on motive and in the very next breath, they reassure readers that there’s no continuing threat to the public. How can they possibly know that if they don’t know why these three are dead?


14 posted on 07/06/2021 10:37:49 AM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Good point.


15 posted on 07/06/2021 10:38:15 AM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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The only way to get a truck on that green is from a cul-de-sac. (Frey Lake Court) there has got to be plenty of cameras that got enough pics of this.


16 posted on 07/06/2021 10:39:16 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
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To: ScubaDiver

2 dead guys in the bed of the truck, one dead on the 10th hole green.

Last word was the shooter was still on the run. Any word on if they are even looking for the shooter?


17 posted on 07/06/2021 10:39:19 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yea he was targeted by whoever it was that offed him.

Did you pull the stray gunfire addendum out of your but ?


18 posted on 07/06/2021 10:40:22 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: Bell Bouy II

Headline indicates police say he was NOT targeted. I call bullstalin. He was targeted.


19 posted on 07/06/2021 10:41:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: ScubaDiver

One story I read was that the truck, a RAM 3500, not a small vehicle, belonged to one of the deceased, whose body was in the back of the truck....................


20 posted on 07/06/2021 10:42:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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