Policeman, His Wife and Daughter Shot Dead at Home by Stepson

A respected Georgia policeman, his wife and daughter have been found dead at their family home in a suspected murder-suicide by his stepson, police say, Daily Mail reports.

Paulding County Sheriff's Cpl Sam Driskell, 52(pictured left), his 36-year-old wife, Muachin Driskell, daughter Carolyn Driskell, 12, and stepson Felix Almonte, 21(pictured right), were discovered at the house in Hiram about 2pm on Tuesday.

Police say they believe Almonte was the killer and that the victims were shot in their sleep.

He appears to have used his father's service weapon and later turned the gun on himself.

The shootings likely occurred on Monday night.

The bodies were discovered after Cpl Driskell failed to show up for an appointment on Tuesday morning. 

'No rhyme or reason for it,' Paulding County Sheriff Gary Gulledge told WSB-TV2.

'All our guys are heartbroken.

'We've lost one of the best guys we ever had.

'What we initially believe is they have had some issues with the stepson. 

'I don't know how far they go. We're trying to dig into that right now.'

Derrek Morris, Driskell's cousin who lives across the street, said he had no reason to believe anything had been going on with Almonte. 

'He was just a good young man,' he said.

'I never seen anything out of the ordinary with him.'