Deceased suspected gunman identified; 4 dead in Moultrie, including suspected shooter, after series of shootings

MOULTRIE, Ga. – In Moultrie four people are dead. According to officials, a man shot his relatives on 6th Street before going to a McDonald’s on First Avenue where he killed a worker before turning the gun on himself.

This map behind me gives you perspective of how close the two shooting incidents were to each other.

CBS 44 reporter Mary Alex Anders was on the scene and brings us more details from Moultrie…

Early on Thursday morning the Moultrie Police Department and GBI investigators responded to multiple fatalities at 2 different locations, one being the McDonald’s on First Avenue Southeast and the other on 6th Street Southwest….

Here is what we know so far… a man shot his mother and his grandmother at their homes. The mother and daughter lived next to each other. Both women were killed.

The gunman then went to a McDonald’s where he shot and killed a woman who was the assistant manager and then killed himself.

When I arrived on scene at the McDonald’s a credible source from the establishment told me, the alleged shooter who is now deceased was either a current or former employee of the McDonald’s.

I spoke with an employee of the New China Buffett across the street who declined an interview, but said people fled from the McDonald’s to her establishment early this morning.

All McDonald’s employees, and nearby witnesses declined to be on camera, GBI says they will be providing us with more details soon. We will continue to keep you updated on this developing story on air and online.

CBS 44 News just received the following press release from the GBI Thursday evening with more information:

The GBI is investigating the deaths of four people in Moultrie, Georgia. The early investigation indicates that the suspected shooter is Kentavious White, 26, of Moultrie, GA. On Thursday, May 4, 2023, at around 5:50 a.m., Moultrie Police Chief Sean Ladson requested assistance from the GBI in connection to a man and woman who were found dead at a McDonald’s restaurant at 506 1st Ave. SE, Moultrie, GA.

As agents were headed to the scene, Chief Ladson called back and stated his officers had responded to a home in the 1100 block of 6th St. SW where they found a woman who had been shot but was still alive. She was taken to a local hospital where she later died.

Chief Ladson called a third time to report an additional woman was found dead at another home next door. At this point, GBI agents are now investigating deaths at three separate scenes.

After reviewing the surveillance footage, agents saw that White arrived at the restaurant, got his manager, Amia Smith, to come to the door. White shot Smith, killing her. White is then seen entering the restaurant where he takes his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot.

The two other female victims, both in separate homes, were related to White, according to interviews with witnesses.

The GBI Crime Lab will perform the autopsies in this investigation.

This is an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI Thomasville Field Office at 229-225-4090 or the Moultrie Police Department. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

This is a developing story. Stay with CBS 44 South Georgia as more information regarding today’s events becomes available.

Mary Alex Anders reporting.

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