PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — A man killed his wife and then himself in Putnam County on Wednesday, according to a report from Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills.
Sills said Timothy Brown, 64, called the sheriff's office around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, and said he had just killed his wife, Vicky Brown, and was planning to kill himself.
When officers made their way into their home on the 800 block of Harmony Road, Sills said they found the husband and wife dead in their bed, alongside two dead dogs in the bedroom.
According to the report, the dogs were killed with a semi-automatic handgun, and Vicky Brown was killed with a .22 rifle.
Sills said there were no signs of a struggle in the house. There was a third dog in the house with them, and it was unharmed in the shooting.
A neighbor, Jerry Dunn, said he woke up to sheriff's deputies yelling and their cars outside. Dunn said that his family became really close with the Browns.
He said that they'd bring food to each other and even offer to cut each other's grass.
“They would be in their car together and they would go out together. They were (tight) like that,” Dunn said.
The couple didn't have a history of domestic violence, though neighbors at past addresses told Sills that they had a pattern of "domestic intranquility" over their marriage.
According to the report, the couple had a son and grandchildren.
Sills said that the scene was a difficult one to see, but it's just part of the job.
"The emotional part you set that aside you have too," he said.
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