FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Two Forsyth County men are dead after one man shot his father before shooting himself on Tuesday evening.
Deputies were called to a home on Jefferson Place after 46-year-old Anthony Gennaro Persichetti’s ex-wife found him dead inside on Wednesday morning.
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She told investigators that he had not shown up for work, so she went to the house. She also told them that she was afraid the couple’s son, 24-year-old Anthony David Persichetti, may have been involved.
While searching for Anthony David Persichetti, the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s office reported that his body was found in the woods along North Druid Hills Road with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Investigators say that between 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the father and son got into an argument and Anthony David Persichetti shot his father several times. After that, investigators say the younger man committed suicide in DeKalb County.
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