A late-night shooting in the Fox Ridge subdivision in Dallas, Georgia, left a father dead and several people injured on March 1, 2025. Seventy-three-year-old Larry Thomas Wales was fatally shot in what authorities described as a shooting spree; another resident, 47-year-old Jason Scott Muncher, was critically wounded and taken to a local hospital. Multiple 911 calls reported gunfire just before midnight, and deputies found the two victims at separate homes.

Residents at one house subdued 52-year-old Jody Thomas Wales until deputies arrived. He was taken into custody and booked into the Paulding County Jail; he faces felony murder, malice murder, five counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, two counts of burglary, two counts of first-degree criminal damage to property, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and is being held without bond. Authorities have not released a motive.

Anyone who was in or near Fox Ridge around midnight on March 1, 2025, or who has information about the events leading up to the shootings is asked to contact the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office.