Madison County, Georgia



From the Athens Banner-Herald of January 9, 2005

Two hospitalized after double shooting in Madison



Two men were admitted to an Athens hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooting in Madison County involving the two men and two daughters of one of the men.



According to investigators with the Madison County Sheriff's Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Bowman resident Terry Bryant, 48, showed up at the 789 Johnny McElroy Road mobile home of Chester Butler, 53, shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday. He demanded to see his estranged girlfriend, Della Butler, 29, who is Butler's daughter.



Bryant had brought two .22 pistols with him, and soon after his arrival, Della Butler and Bryant got into a struggle outside the house, investigators said. During the struggle, Bryant shot himself in the face, apparently intentionally, though the .22 bullet did not wound him seriously, said Madison County Sheriff Clayton Lowe.



At that point, Chester Butler came out of the house and entered the struggle with Bryant on the porch of the home, according to Madison County investigators. Bryant then shot Chester Butler with one of the .22s as the father and boyfriend grappled, Madison County authorities said.



Meanwhile, a second Butler daughter, Candy Butler, was inside the house loading a shotgun. As Bryant struggled with her father, Candy Butler came to the door and ended the confrontation by shooting Bryant twice with the High Standard 12-gauge shotgun, Lowe said.



The Butler family called 911 at that point, and when deputies arrived at about 5:07 a.m., they found both men lying on the mobile home's small front porch, bleeding from their wounds.

…



No charges have been filed in the incident, though Bryant could face charges later, Lowe said.