Murder-suicide in Anderson County

Reports of gunfire late yesterday afternoon in the Anderson County town of Belton led authorities to a home scene case of murder-suicide.  Preliminary investigation on Belton’s Cherokee Road leads to the following conclusion by county coroner Greg Shore “indicates the father of the deceased female was at the residence visiting his daughter under supervised visitation and upon the visitation ending, the father produced a handgun and shot his daughter and then himself.  The case has been ruled a homicide-suicide.  Killed were 21-year old Piedmont resident Iziah Akeem Murray and three-month-old Zaila Godis Murray.