The Grantville Police Department said via Facebook that the robbery took place on Friday night. When police arrived at the scene around 8pm, they found the bodies of the owner of the Lock Stock & Barrel Shooting Range, along with his wife and grandson. According to WSB-TV, Grantville police have identified the victims as gun owner Thomas Hawk, 75. his wife, Evelyn, 75. and their grandson, Luke, 17. Police Chief Steve Whitlock said the Hawk family was well known and respected in their small, close-knit community. The Hawks have been operating Lock Stock & Barrel for almost 30 years. Their grandson was on spring break, helping his grandparents shop. “This is just a shock to everyone in the community,” Whitlock told the Associated Press. “We are trying to do our best to understand this.” Law enforcement officers are investigating the scene of a deadly robbery at the Lock Stock & Barrel shooting range on April 8, 2022 in Coweta County, Georgia. AP Whitlock said investigators believe the robbery and shooting happened around 5:30 a.m. Friday, when the area normally closes. He said Hawk’s son, Richard, came from the business and was the person who found the victims. There are no suspects since Saturday morning and no arrests have been made, he said. Investigators said 40 weapons and a range camera were also stolen. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating, but when contacted Saturday referred all investigations to Grantville police. The Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was also called due to the volume of weapons received. Whitlock said he was grateful for help from other law enforcement agencies in the investigation. Police said the robbery took place on Friday night, as they discovered the bodies of the owner, his wife and grandson. According to the Grantville Police Department, they stole up to 40 firearms and a surveillance camera from the Lock Stock & Barrel Shooting Range. “We are just a small town, 12 officers. I have been here for eight years and I have never had to research such a thing. It was a bit difficult for us. “The crime rate is really, very low,” he said. A $ 15,000 reward has been posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers in the case, according to a Twitter feed from the ATF Atlanta office. “The ATF and our law enforcement partners will work tirelessly to bring the killers to justice,” ATF Atlanta Field Division Special Agent Benjamin P. Gibbons said in a statement. “The barbarity of these senseless killings combined with the fact that these killers have acquired additional firearms make resolving this case our top priority.” Police say there are no suspects and no arrests have been made so far, as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating.AP A message left with the ATF office in Atlanta was not returned immediately. Police are asking witnesses to come. Whitlock said they have no video evidence to work on right now. “Anyone who has been led from the shooting range during the time frame from 530 p.m. until 630 p.m. “He may have seen vehicles other than a white Ford truck and a black Ford mission. Please contact the police department,” Grantville police said in a statement on Facebook. . The front of the Lock Stock & Barrel Shooting range appears on April 8, 2022 in Coweta County, Georgia.AP The shooting range is in Coweta County, about 50 miles (about 80 miles) southwest of Atlanta. Coweta County Sheriff Lenn Wood said in a statement on Facebook that the entire community was forever devastated by the “pointless and tragic” killings of members of the Hawk family. “I also pray fervently for God to use our law enforcement community and the Coweta community,” he said, “for justice to be done quickly.”
