Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Summerfield, NC: Sheriff: Summerfield Shooting Was Attempted Murder, Suicide

Summerfield, NC -- Investigators determined a shooting in Summerfield Saturday night was an attempted murder, suicide.

Rockingham County deputies responded to a house on Hunters Glen Road just before 9pm. When they arrived they found a man and woman both with gunshot wounds.

The woman, Tara Stratton Marshall, 40, told deputies that she woke up when she was shot. She said she then saw her husband, Gerald Scott Marshall, 42, turn the handgun on himself.

Deputies found Gerald Marshall dead with gunshot wounds to his upper body.

Tara Marshall was able to call 911 after the shooting. She had been shot in the lower body and arm. She is expected to survive.

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