COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A new warrant reveals a man accused of killing three people on a golf course had an accomplice.
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Channel 2′s Chris Jose went to where two victims were kidnapped and bound with duct tape before they ended up on a golf course.
Lou Bottino is the general manager at Pinetree Country Club. Jose showed him the warrant that reveals police are searching for an accomplice.
“I think it’s just random how they ended up here, honestly,” Bottino said.
The warrant shows Justin Caleb Pruitt is wanted for two counts of kidnapping. An address led Jose to a body shop on Jonesboro Road in Clayton County.
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Owner Tony Ochoa described the moment police showed up.
“They kicked in my door and destroyed one of the doors in the back,” he said.
Ochoa shares a building that houses two different body shops. He told Jose cops questioned his neighbor in the front. Nobody was there on Friday.
“That’s my shop. I don’t have nothing to do with him. Or his relationships or his business,” Ochoa said.
According to the warrant, Pruitt is from South Carolina. He’s accused of helping suspected killer Bryan Rhoden duct tape and zip tie . They’re the victims who were found shot to death in the bed of a pickup truck on the 10th hole.
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For Bottino, he’s focused on keeping Gene Siller’s memory alive. Siller was a golf pro who was shot and killed.
“This foundation is just the beginning. It’s going to perpetuate gene’s legacy forever,” Bottino said.
Bottino said a golf tournament in August raised more than $200,000 to help seed the foundation. It was Siller’s passion to help junior golfers.
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