SPEARSVILLE, LA. (THECOUNT) — Casey Colvin, 40; her daughter, Billie Beaird, 18; and the daughter’s friend, Lela Platt, 17, have been identified as the victims in a horror Saturday domestic violence incident in the Spearsville area of Union Parish Louisiana. The unidentified shooter is also listed among the dead after taking his own life.
Sheriff Dusty Gates said the mother, daughter and the friend of the daughter were all killed by a 12-gauge shotgun. The shooter then retrieved a 30-06 rifle and shot himself, the sheriff said.
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Another teenage daughter of the mother escaped through a window, ran to a neighbor’s house and called the sheriff’s office at 1:40 a.m., reports MyArklamiss.
Gates said the shooter’s name will not be released until next of kin are notified. Gates said the 48-year-old man is originally from Alabama.
The sheriff said when the first deputies arrived on the scene they heard the wife screaming for help.
“Deputies then made entry into the house and Pafford (Ambulance) was taking that victim to the hospital but she died en route,” Gates said. “The 18-year-old was found in the hallway and her friend was found in a bathroom.”
The victims were sent to Little Rock, Ark., where autopsies will be performed.
The sheriff said the incident is still under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Spearsville is a village in Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 137 at the 2010 census, a decrease from 155 in 2000. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.