Location

March 08, 2025

106 Wood Station Rd
Rock Spring, Georgia

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• Suicide^
• Murder/Suicide
• Home Invasion
• Home Invasion - Resident killed
• Home Invasion - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
• Domestic Violence
• Family annihilation
• Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)

Notes

Walker Co; shot estranged wife, father in law; longtime close family friend off-duty Chickamauga police officer severely injured, unarmed but engaged shooter in hand-to-hand combat, may have been aware of months-long domestic dispute, don’t know if there for comfort or protection; subject shot self. 223 cal rounds

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: 223 Rem [AR-15]

Sources

• 
• URL: https://www.chattanoogan.com/2025/3/9/500383/Murder-Suicide-At-Rock-Spring-Leaves.aspx

• 
• URL: https://www.local3news.com/local-news/three-killed-one-injured-in-walker-co-murder-suicide/article_533f0d48-fc8e-11ef-96b3-cf7a5e804aa2.html

• 
• URL: https://foxchattanooga.com/newsletter-daily/3-dead-1-in-critical-condition-after-domestic-related-shooting-in-walker-county#

• 
• URL: https://www.wdef.com/three-dead-one-injured-in-walker-county-murder-suicide/

• 
• URL: https://www.local3news.com/local-news/authorities-release-identities-and-details-from-the-murder-suicide-in-walker-county/article_d9a92c34-fdc3-11ef-95c5-3f4bbb78b5f9.html

• 
• URL: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/nw-georgia-police-officer-dies-days-after-being-shot-murder-suicide-that-killed-3/GATWCQUTAJB2BN5UX5NUVZP76M/

District

Congressional District: 14
State Senate District: 53
State House District: 2