Georgia golf course shootings 2 of 3 victims bound gagged in pickup truck

A five-day search came to an end Thursday when law enforcement arrested Bryan Anthony Rhoden, 23, who, they believe, is responsible for the deaths of three people whose bodies were found on a Kennesaw golf course Saturday. Rhoden was charged with three counts of murder, three counts of aggravated assault and two counts of kidnapping, Cobb Police Chief Tim Cox told reporters at a Thursday evening news conference. Police believe Rhoden to be the “lone shooter.”Rhoden’s Cobb County arrest warrant, unveiled Friday, includes new details, accusing Rhoden of binding with tape the hands, legs and mouths of victims Paul Pierson, 76, of Kansas, and Henry Valdez, 46, of California. Pierson and Valdez were found dead in the bed of a pickup truck that was left at the 10th hole of the Pinetree Country Club golf course. The truck was registered to Pierson. Golf pro and Pinetree’s director of golf Gene Siller, 46, went to investigate the truck on the course Saturday and was fatally shot by Rhoden, police say. It remains unclear what chain of events led to the truck being driven onto the course, and what relationship Valdez and Pierson may have to the suspect. Rhoden’s first appearance in Cobb County Magistrate Court was scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday. Visit mdjonline.com for coverage. Details have now emerged that Rhoden was in custody and released before police charged him with the killings. Just hours after the shooting, Rhoden was arrested on separate charges in Chamblee. According to DeKalb County Jail records, Rhoden was arrested Saturday for driving under the influence and several related violations. He was released Tuesday night after bonding out. Rhoden was pulled over by Chamblee police around 11:30 p.m. Saturday because his taillights were not working, according to a DeKalb County arrest warrant. The officer then determined the tag on the vehicle was not registered to the vehicle and the vehicle had no valid insurance. Police also found two ID’s in a book bag with “different names and information but with the same picture.”The officer also smelled “a strong odor of alcohol” coming from Rhoden. Police conducted a field sobriety test, which Rhoden failed, according to the warrant, although Rhoden was breathalyzed and blew less than the legal limit. When asked at the Thursday press conference whether he was aware Rhoden had been arrested for a DUI Saturday, Chief Cox said he had “been told that he had a previous arrest” but declined to say whether the department knew at the time that their suspect was in custody. Friday evening, Chamblee police said that Rhoden “was still unknown to law enforcement as the shooter” when he was charged with DUI. Chamblee police also provided new details by saying the initial DUI arrest had incidentally led to Rhoden’s murder arrest being uneventful. Police had confiscated an undisclosed “large sum of money” from Rhoden when charging him with DUI. Rhoden wanted it back, and ended up walking into a trap.


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