Craigory Burch Jr was shot and killed in his home by masked intruders two months after he won a US lottery.

Seven people have been charged with the murder of a US lottery winner who reportedly begged masked intruders not to shoot him in front of his children.

Forklift operator Craigory Burch Jr, 20, was killed in his home two months after winning US$434,272 [NZ$633,465] in the Georgia state lottery.

The shooting happened in Fitzgerald, Georgia, in January after three masked intruders blasted open Burch's door with a shotgun, WALB television reported.

GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY Craigory Burch Jr hit the jackpot two months before he was killed.

Burch had hit the jackpot in the Georgia State Lottery in November, according to local news outlets.

Burch was a "pre-selected target" of a home invasion, the Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office says in a statement released on Monday [local time].

The statement did not provide a motive for the killing, but WALB television said authorities believed Burch was targeted because of his lottery winnings.

Burch's girlfriend Jasmine Hendricks said he pleaded with his killers not to shoot him in front of his children.

"When they came in, he said, 'Don't do it, bro. Don't do it in front of my kids. Please don't do it in front of my kids and old lady. Please don't do that, bro. Please don't,'" Hendricks told the TV station.

Seven people, ranging in age from 17 to 28, have been charged in connection Burch's murder, the statement says.

They face charges of malice murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, home invasion, and possession of a firearm while committing a crime. Additional charges and individuals may be added as authorities continued to investigate, the sheriff's office said.

Six of the suspects were named by wxfl.com as Rosalyn Swain, 22, Keyana Dyous, 24, Anjavell Johnson, 21, Earnest Holcombe, 27, Dabrentise Overstreet, 19, and Nathaniel Baker, 28. The website, citing a source from the sheriff's office, did not name the 17-year-old.

- Reuters and Stuff

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