A candlelight vigil is planned Tuesday for a teenager killed in a murder-suicide. Police Chief Mark Welsh tells WYFF News 4 that a quadruple shooting Saturday night stemmed from family violence.Welsh said police were called to Reese Street, near Wallis Street, in Elberton, Georgia, around 6:45 p.m.Police arrived and found two bodies.Welsh said Alyric Fouch, 17, was found near the home.The shooter was identified as her mother's boyfriend, Raphael Diaz de Leon, 49, Welsh said.After the shooting, Diaz de Leon took his own life, Welsh said.Welsh said, Fouch’s mother apparently flagged down a man who was driving by.A family member of the man told WYFF News 4 that Fouch’s mother jumped in the car and asked him to "get her out of here," Welsh said.The relative said, Diaz de Leon then fired into the back window of the car, shooting the mother and the driver.The relative, said the bullet went through the driver's shoulder.Welsh said the mother suffered a gunshot wound to the neck or head area.Investigators believe Diaz de Leon was drunk when he shot the victims.Local police are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide.Fouch was a junior at Elbert County Comprehensive High School. She'll be remembered at a candlelight vigil on the band practice field at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

A candlelight vigil is planned Tuesday for a teenager killed in a murder-suicide.

Police Chief Mark Welsh tells WYFF News 4 that a quadruple shooting Saturday night stemmed from family violence.


Welsh said police were called to Reese Street, near Wallis Street, in Elberton, Georgia, around 6:45 p.m.

Police arrived and found two bodies.

Welsh said Alyric Fouch, 17, was found near the home.

The shooter was identified as her mother's boyfriend, Raphael Diaz de Leon, 49, Welsh said.

After the shooting, Diaz de Leon took his own life, Welsh said.

Welsh said, Fouch’s mother apparently flagged down a man who was driving by.

A family member of the man told WYFF News 4 that Fouch’s mother jumped in the car and asked him to "get her out of here," Welsh said.

The relative said, Diaz de Leon then fired into the back window of the car, shooting the mother and the driver.

The relative, said the bullet went through the driver's shoulder.

Welsh said the mother suffered a gunshot wound to the neck or head area.

Investigators believe Diaz de Leon was drunk when he shot the victims.

Local police are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide.

Fouch was a junior at Elbert County Comprehensive High School.

She'll be remembered at a candlelight vigil on the band practice field at 8 p.m. Tuesday.



