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Gunman still at large, shot and killed pro-golfer, 41, at Georgia country club after driving onto a green; Suspect had two other bodies stashed in back of stolen truck – Cops

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4c4444"><strong>Suspect described a is a Hispanic male wearing a white t-shirt&comma; work pants&comma; is 6′1′&&num;8217&semi;&comma;weighing around 170 lbs shot and killed pro-golfer&comma; at Georgia country club after driving onto a green <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4c4444"><strong>Gunman killed three men including 41-year-old Gene Siller at the Cobb County golf course&comma; near Atlanta&comma; GA&comma; on Saturday <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4c4444"><strong>The unidentified gunman who is still on the run&comma; drove a white pick-up truck onto the green at the Pinetree County Club on Saturday<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4c4444"><strong>The intruder confronted at the 10th hole by Siller&comma; Director of Golf at the Cobb Country Club&comma; shot Siller in the head then fled the scene <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4c4444"><strong>Police arrived and found the bodies of Paul Pierson and one other man in the bed of the pick-up truck <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4c4444"><strong>The pick-up truck belonged to Pierson&comma; authorities later confirmed<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4c4444"><strong>Siller had a row with a man who&&num;8217&semi;d been fishing on the golf course &&num;8211&semi; It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear what the gunman&&num;8217&semi;s motive was or if he knew his victims In the days before the shooting<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4c4444"><strong>Shooter is still being hunted by cops<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Gene-Siller-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-383328"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Pro golfer Gene Siller&comma; 41&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was fatally shot on Saturday&comma; by a yet to be identified gunman<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The gunman who shot and killed a pro golfer at a Georgia country club on Saturday reportedly had two other bodies stashed in the back of the truck he was driving&period;  <br>It happened Saturday afternoon at Pinetree Country Club near Kennesaw State University&period; The private course sits along McCollum Parkway near KSU’s main campus&period;<br>The gunman has still not been publicly identified by police but he remains on the run two days after shooting dead golf pro Gene Siller&period;<br>A white Ram 3500 pickup truck was also located on the green&comma; police said&period; Upon further investigation&comma; two other deceased males were discovered in the bed of the pickup truck&period; Both males suffered apparent gunshot wounds&period; One of them was identified as Paul Pierson&comma; the registered owner of the Ram 3500&period; The other male has not yet been identified as of Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Gene-Siller-leaves-behind-his-wife-and-two-young-children-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Gene-Siller-leaves-behind-his-wife-and-two-young-children-1&period;jpg" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"660"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Pro golfer Gene Siller leaves behind his wife and two young children &lbrack;photo&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s still unclear when he killed all of the men but police were alerted to him on Saturday&period; <br>The gunman drove a white pick-up truck onto the green at Pinetree County Club&period; <br>He was confronted by Siller at the tenth hole and in response&comma; shot Siller in the head&period; He then fled the scene&period; <br>When Cobb County deputies got to the scene&comma; they found the two bodies in the bed of the pick-up truck&period; They then confirmed that the truck belonged to Pierson&period; <br>On Monday&comma; the police department still hadn&&num;8217&semi;t caught him&comma; nor would they share his identity publicly&period; <br>It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear what the motive was&period; <br>In the days before the incident&comma; Siller confronted a man who had been fishing on the golf course and the man became so agitated that Siller called the police&period;<br>It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear if it&&num;8217&semi;s the same man who killed him&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox5atlanta&period;com&sol;news&sol;three-men-killed-in-cobb-county-golf-course-shooting-suspect-still-at-large">Fox 5 Atlanta <&sol;a>reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Gene-Siller-had-reportedly-tried-to-stop-the-white-pickup-truck-2-1024x562&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-383324"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Siller had reportedly tried to stop the white pickup truck &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; from driving onto the golf course before he was shot&period; Police later found two additional bodies stashed in the truck&&num;8217&semi;s bed <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Siller had reportedly tried to stop the white pickup truck from driving onto the golf course before he was shot&period; <br>Other golfers heard five or six shots ringing out&period;  <br>The Georgia State Golf Association initially identified Siller&comma; a pro golfer&comma; golfing instructor and Director of Pinetree&comma; as one of the victims on Saturday evening&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;All of us at the GSGA are deeply saddened by the tragic events that occurred earlier today at Pinetree CC&period; Our thoughts and prayers are with Gene Siller&&num;8217&semi;s family and friends&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the Georgia State Golf Association tweeted&period;<br>The Georgia PGA also issued a statement offering its condolences on Twitter&colon;  <br>&&num;8216&semi;Tragedy has stricken the Georgia Section PGA in the loss of our Member&comma; Gene Siller&period; Thoughts and prayers for his family and the Pinetree Country Club family&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Pinetree-Country-Club-in-Kennesaw-Georgia-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-383310" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"527"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw&comma; Georgia&comma; about 27 miles outside of Atlanta&comma; is where Saturday afternoon&&num;8217&semi;s fatal shooting happened<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Siller leaves behind a wife and two young children&period; A <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;f&sol;the-family-of-gene-siller&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;m&lowbar;pd&percnt;20share-sheet&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;copy&lowbar;link&lowbar;all&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;customer&amp&semi;fbclid&equals;IwAR2qW5gE8pgESX7drfM3ELJuwcWSLWNo1YaJwFHNqhg3sR-Yktp1MTjKQaA">GoFundMe<&sol;a> has been set up to help his family&period;  <br>Details surrounding the shooting remain scant&comma; other than it happened around 2&period;30pm Saturday at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw&comma; about 27 miles outside Atlanta&period; <br>Footage from WAGA-TV showed a white pickup truck stuck on a hill in the middle of the club&&num;8217&semi;s golf course&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Georgia-PGA-statement-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-383312"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Georgia-PGA-statement-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-383313"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The Georgia State Golf Association and Georgia PGA issued statements of condolences to Siller&&num;8217&semi;s family<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A witness told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox5atlanta&period;com&sol;news&sol;shooting-at-county-club-in-cobb-county-leaves-1-dead">Fox 5 Atlanta<&sol;a> that someone&comma; later identified by the golf organizations as Siller&comma; tried to stop the pickup truck from going on to the golf course when he was shot&period; <br>Neighbor John Lavender told WAGA-TV that he heard &&num;8216&semi;five&comma; six booms go off&&num;8217&semi; and wasn&&num;8217&semi;t sure whether it was gunshots or fireworks&period; &&num;8216&semi;You just don&&num;8217&semi;t think it&&num;8217&semi;s gunshots in this area&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br>The suspect&comma; a 6-foot-1-inch Hispanic male with long hair was last seen in the area of Pinetree Country Club and was headed toward Frey Lake Road&period;  <br>The country club is near the campus of Kennesaw State University&period; After the shooting&comma; the school tweeted that there were no credible threats to campus<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Kennasaw-Council-statement-on-Golf-Club-shooting-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-383315" width&equals;"833" height&equals;"375"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Cobb-County-police-cruiser-4-1024x616&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-383331"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Details surrounding the shooting are scarce&comma; but police in Cobb County&comma; Georgia are looking for the gunman<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Cobb-County-police-cruiser-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-383334"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Law enforcement on scene at the country club investigating the fatal shooting on Saturday&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Earlier the Kennesaw State University sent out an alert out warning students about the shooting&period; <br>The suspect who remains at large was described a is a Hispanic male wearing a white t-shirt&comma; work pants and possibly a hat&period; He is 6′1′&&num;8217&semi; and weighs around 170 lbs&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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