“Who shot her?” the 911 operator asked William McCollom, the police chief in Peachtree City, Georgia.
“Me,” McCollom replied.
“How did you shoot her?”
“The gun was in the bed, I went to move it, put it to the side, and it went off,” McCollom said.
“Is she awake?”
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Peachtree City posted this statement on the city website:
“City Manager Jim Pennington said, ‘This morning, I met with every department manager, and the city of Peachtree City, including the Peachtree City Police Department, is continuing with normal operations.’
Peachtree City Mayor Vanessa Fleisch said, ‘Our thoughts and prayers are with Maggie and the McCollom family right now, as we wait for the state investigation to proceed.’ “
Magazines and websites regularly rank Peachtree City as one of the best places to live and raise a family. The community’s trademark: Residents putter around in golf carts on the community’s 90-plus miles of paved pathways.
