Police announced Friday night the arrest of a suspect in the triple murder of three family members shot dead at a Georgia gun range.

Officials said Jacob Christian Muse, 21, of College Park, Georgia, had been arrested and charged with three counts of malice murder in connection with the April 8th killings of three members of the Hawk family at the Lock Stock and Barrel Shooting Range. Tommy Richard Hawk Sr., Evelyn Hawk, both 75, and their grandson, Alexander Luke Hawk, 17, were found shot to death inside of the family business.

Officials released a statement Friday:

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Grantville Police Department announce the arrest of Jacob Christian Muse, 21, of College Park, Georgia. Muse is charged with three counts of Malice Murder in connection with the April 8, 2022 triple homicide at the Lock, Stock & Barrel Shooting Range in Grantville, Georgia. Muse has been booked into the Coweta County Jail and this joint investigation remains active and ongoing.

According to investigators, the suspected killer stole a cache of firearms from the gun range.

This is a breaking news story. Stay tuned to CrimeOnline for more updates.

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