Gene Siller, shot dead by man in pickup truck at Georgia country club
A golf pro at a Georgia country club was fatally shot near the course’s 18th hole Saturday, according to officials and reports.
Gene Siller, 41, was on the course of the Pinetree Country
Club near Kennesaw around 2:30 p.m. when he was gunned down, the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution reported.
Police have only said that the gunman’s pickup truck drove
onto the course and got stuck — with the driver then shooting Siller when he
went to investigate.
No arrests have been reported.
“We are still in the preliminary stages of the investigation
and will provide additional details as they are received,” Cobb County Officer
Shenise Barner told the outlet.
The suspect was described as a 6-foot-1 man with long hair
wearing a white or tan shirt and dark-colored pants.
The country club is near Kennesaw State University and is
used by the school’s golf teams.
The Georgia Pro Golfers Association and the state
association both expressed condolences online over the fatal shooting.
“All of us at the GSGA are deeply saddened by the tragic
events that occurred earlier today at Pinetree CC,” the Georgia State Golf
Association said on Twitter. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Gene Stiller’s
family and friends.”
According to a GoFundMe page set up for Siller’s family, he
is a married father of two young boys.
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