AbateHate.com — Chris Hager, age 54, and Gracie Hager, age 52, were fatally shot in Richmond, Kentucky.
Arrested was 51-year-old Thomas Birl.
Reports say the couple were shot outside a duplex they owned and in which the suspect resided with his girlfriend.
The motive for the shooting was not disclosed.
The incident occurred August 3, 2021.
Excerpted from wymt.com ▼
A woman who lived across the street from the duplex said she heard two gunshots. She said when she looked outside her front door, she saw 51-year-old Thomas Birl fire several shots into a pickup truck with a woman inside.
“I look to my left and he was at the cab of a truck that was out there and had already shot the man and he was laying on the concrete, he was at the cab of the truck, shot about three shots into the cab of the truck like he was really trying to kill the person in the truck,” neighbor Deborah Fennell said.
She said she also saw a man on the ground who had already been shot and was screaming. She said Birl walked over to him and shot him in the head.
Richmond police have identified the two people killed as Christopher and Gracie Hager. Property records show they owned the duplex where the shooting happened.
[Police release graphic details of murder of Richmond couple, by Victor Puente, wymt.com, August 4, 2021]
The Hagers
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Thomas Birl
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https://www.richmondregister.com/kentucky/5-million-bond-set-for-suspect-in-murder-case-of-richmond-couple/article_978ca8b2-f944-11eb-af98-5be67588afc0.html
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