step-daughter and her boyfriend dead on
Thanksgiving (Photos)
Police have arrested a Virginia youth Pastor for allegedly killing
three people on Thanksgiving night around 11:30 p.m on
Thursday.
The suspect, Christopher R. Gattis, 58, a full-time cleric at Grace
Lutheran Church on Harrowgate Road, was arrested at his
Chester home when officers reported to the scene and discovered
his wife, Jeanett Gattis, 58, her daughter, Candice Kunze, 30 and
the daughter's boyfriend, Andrew Buthorn, 36, were shot dead.
Before he was arrested neighbors confirmed they heard multiple
gunshots just before midnight.
When Officials got the scene, they said the women’s bodies were
found inside the home and that the man’s body was found in the
front yard.
Sgt. P.H. Zoffuto with the Chesterfield County Police Department
in a news release, said:
"The victims and suspect all lived at the residence in the 14000
block of Dogwood Ridge Court and this incident appears to be
domestic related. Jeanett Gattis is the wife of Christopher Gattis.
Buthorn is the boyfriend of Kunze, who is the daughter of Jeanett
Gattis."
He also added that Police investigation into the incident is
ongoing to unravel the motive the behind tragic killings.
Gattis, who neighbors described as a gentleman, is being held
without bond at the Chesterfield County Jail, faces charges
including three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of
use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
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