John Timothy Thompson, 56, of East Liverpool, Ohio, was found shot to death on Emerson Road near Quitman, Georgia, on October 21, 2020. He had traveled from Ohio with a group of men to visit family; another traveler, 36-year-old Deshaun Lamar Scott of Cleveland, Ohio, was also found dead of gunshot wounds at the same location.

Investigators say the group arrived in the area on October 18, 2020. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took the lead and a fellow traveler, 36-year-old Kenny Pruitt of Cleveland, was arrested after a local farmer reported seeing him with blood on his shirt and saying he had shot his friends. Pruitt was charged with two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault and multiple firearms offenses and was booked into the Brooks County Jail without bail. Autopsies were scheduled by the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office.

What information about the trip or interactions among the men in Quitman might help explain how this visit turned deadly?