Golf pro witnesses double murder, then gets shot to death: police

Gene Siller
Gene Siller with his family Photo credit WSB-TV

A golf professional at a Georgia country club who was murdered over the weekend became part of a triple homicide after witnessing a crime, police said.

Investigators believe Gene Siller saw the other murders being committed, walked onto the course to see what was going on and was then shot to death, according to WSB.

A gunman had killed two other people before killing Siller Saturday afternoon at Pine Tree Country Club, driving his pickup truck directly onto the golf course in the process.

The killer is still at large, having run away and left his truck behind with the other two bodies in the truck bed.

Police say the registered owner of the truck, Paul Person, was one of the other two victims.

Police are still searching for the shooter and a motive.

"Detectives, along with numerous other special units, continue to follow active leads in this case. We are aware that the public has many questions, the most pressing one being why this happened; however, it is too early in the investigation to speculate as to motive," a release from Cobb Police states.

A colleague told local media Siller was "the type of person to give you the shirt off his back."

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