Deadly Friday Afternoon

The Upson County Sheriff’s Department answered two separate calls about five minutes apart Friday afternoon involving murder and suicide.

An apparent murder/suicide at 177 Harvey Street in the Sunnyside area, the bodies of 45 year old David Clayton Garrett and his uncle 75 year old Richard Earl Garrett were discovered by a paint contractor, both had been dead for approximately 24 hours. The GBI was called in to assist in the crime scene investigation and preliminary evidence indicates that Clayton Garrett was the shooter.

Earl Garrett lived in the main dwelling on the property and Clayton Garrett lived in a small renovated apartment behind the house.

Major Dan Kilgore told TGA news, “This appears to be a tragic ending to a family dispute and only the two deceased men were involved.”

Deputies were working on an unrelated suicide on Lawrence Road when the Harvey Street call was received. A 47 year old white male was pronounced dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.