Christopher Bullock was discovered responsible on December 5 of malice homicide, felony homicide, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm throughout fee of a felony. He was sentenced to life within the Georgia Division of Corrections with out the potential of parole.

Prosecutors detailed the October 5 homicide of Tammy Cropper contained in the house she shared with Bullock in Rossville, Georgia, arguing in courtroom that she was shot a number of occasions of their bed room earlier than the suspect “shot himself within the head in an try to take his personal life,” per True Crime Information.

Each of them had been reportedly discovered by Cropper’s seven-year-old grandson when he got here house from college. The Rossville Police Division and Georgia Bureau of Investigation partnered on the investigation, in response to a press launch from the Lookout Mountain Judicial District Lawyer’s Workplace.

As soon as on the scene, investigators had been capable of get well the gun utilized in each shootings, which they are saying belonged to Bullock. Survillance footage confirmed that nobody else entered or exited the house on the day of the taking pictures. Bullock additionally confessed to officers on the scene, per the district legal professional’s workplace.

As for a motive behind the failed murder-suicide, in response to the indictment, Bullock had a “prolonged historical past of failed romantic relationships and had lately been terminated from his employment.”

Nevertheless it wasn’t simply the lack of his job that allegedly pushed Bullock to the purpose of making an attempt to kill each his girlfriend and himself. In accordance with the prosecution, Cropper had instructed him simply days earlier than the taking pictures that he “wanted to start out offering extra monetary help to the family or their relationship would finish.”

Suggesting not less than some forethought went into the shootings, the prosecution revealed to the jury that Bullock allegedly despatched what was described as “goodbye” messages to family and friends the place he revealed his plans to kill each Cropper and himself.

In accordance with the DA’s press launch, the jury in Walker County returned a responsible verdict after simply 20 minutes of deliberation.

“I need to thank the GBI and our superb prosecution workforce for relentlessly pursuing justice for Ms. Cropper and her household,” mentioned DA Clayton M. Fuller. “This prosecution ought to ship a transparent message: you’re taking a life in our group you then’ll spend the remainder of yours in jail.”