S.C. Man Kills 2 Daughters, Himself
Pastor Dale Morgan
S.C. Man Kills 2 Daughters, Himself*
AP
AIKEN, S.C. - A man angry over his impending divorce fatally shot his
two adult daughters Tuesday, chasing one into a nearby yard, before
committing suicide, authorities said.
A friend of one of the victims was also shot, but she was treated and
released from a Georgia hospital, said Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton.
Alton McCoy Beasley's wife, Willa, and the victims' grandparents were
also in the home but were not harmed, the coroner said.
"It appears to be a horrible tragedy," said Lt. David Turno, spokesman
for the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
Beasley, 61, confronted his daughters and his wife around 1 p.m. at a
home about an hour after meeting Tuesday morning with lawyers about the
couple's divorce, Carlton said.
Beasley shot 36-year-old daughter Anna Loebsack twice, then wounded the
friend, Carlton said. The second daughter, 47-year-old Elizabeth
Beasley, tried to run away but was shot twice before Alton Beasley shot
himself, authorities said.
Investigators think alcohol was a factor, said Carlton, who ordered
toxicology tests on the father.
Loebsack lived in Gastonia, N.C., and was the mother of two. Elizabeth
Beasley lived in Townville, the coroner said.