3 people found dead inside GA home. Deputies and the GBI are searching for this man

TIGNALL, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation say three people were found dead inside a home and a man wanted for questioning is still at large.

The Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI’s assistance to investigate the triple homicide in Tignall, which is just west of the Georgia-South Carolina border.

The incident occurred Thursday morning around 8:30 a.m. after Wilkes County deputies responded to the 900 block of Mallorysville Road for an injured woman call.

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When the investigation began, deputies learned the woman was injured at another home on Mallorysville Road. Deputies responded to the second home where they found three victims dead inside.

Shannon Box, 56, of Tignall is wanted for in connection to these deaths, GBI officials said. Deputies learned through their investigation that Box attacked the woman, injuring her.

The deaths of the three other victims inside the second home are being treated as a homicide, officials say.

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Box is being sought and is wanted for one count of aggravated assault and questioning relating to the deaths of the three victims found inside the home.

He is listed at 5-feet-10 inches tall and weighs 174 pounds, officials said. Box has brown hair and green eyes and may be driving a gray 2002 GMC Sierra pickup truck with Georgia handicap tag, YXA119.

Anyone who knows of Box’s whereabouts is asked to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Thomson at 706-595-2575, the Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office at 706-678-2224, or you can submit an online tip here.

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