A man killed his grandmother, grandfather, brother and a family friend after getting a ride home from jail, according to Alabama police.
Officers went to the home just after 6 p.m. on Feb. 22 and arrested Jared Tarant Smith-Bracy, 21, who was hiding in a wooded area behind the house, according to the Daphne Police Department.
Three of the victims, Smith-Bracy’s 27-year-old brother, his 72-year-old grandmother and a 71-year-old family friend, were found dead in the backyard, Sgt. Jason Vannoy with the Daphne Police Department said during a Feb. 23 news conference broadcast on Fox 10.
Smith-Bracy’s 80-year-old grandfather had been bludgeoned to death with a pickaxe in his bedroom, Vannoy said.
Vannoy said during the news conference that Smith-Bracy had been arrested around 9 a.m. that day on a charge of criminal mischief related to damaging a door at his home.
He paid a cash bond and got a ride back from jail at around 5 p.m., Vannoy said.
another mass murder without an assult weapon