20-year-old Georgia man fatally shoots mother and stepfather

Published December 29, 2021 7:56pm ET



A Georgia man was arrested on Tuesday after he reportedly shot and killed his mother and stepfather, police said.

Peyton Moyer, 20, was charged with two counts of murder and one count of cruelty to children. He is accused of shooting and killing his mother, 41-year-old Ashley Schultz, and his stepfather, 54-year-old Benjamin Smith, at a home in Watkinsville, Georgia, Oconee County Sheriff James Hale said.

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