A Gainesville woman has been charged with murder in the early morning shooting death Saturday of a Gainesville man.
HALL CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE (HCSO) NEWS RELEASE:
HCSO deputies responded to a home in the 4200 block of Bayridge Drive off C. Rogers Road at approximately 1:15 a.m. Deputies located an unresponsive man in a bedroom who had been shot in his torso. Hall County Fire Rescue responded and transported the man to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators identified the victim as James David Barron, 68.
According to the initial investigation, the suspect, Suzanne Renee Mericle, 61, shot Barron with a handgun. The two were in a relationship and lived together at the residence. Mericle was at home when the deputies arrived.
In addition to felony murder, investigators charged Mericle with aggravated assault under the Family
Violence Act and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (felonies). She was arrested and taken to the Hall County where she is held without bond.”