Crime & Safety
Bartow Sheriff's Office Investigates Death of Marietta Man
The victim was shot in the head over the weekend on the porch of a home in Cartersville.
Authorities today released details of an apparent homicide that occurred sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning.
According to the incident report, Timothy Lee Buck, 46, of 132 Jackson Circle, Marietta, was found Saturday morning deceased with a gunshot wound to his head.
authorities were called shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday to a mobile home at 35 Harvest Way in Cartersville.
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The man who called police told investigatos Buck came to the home Friday after work. Around 6:15 p.m., the two drove to a business on GA 113 to pick up the man's three children and returned to the house shortly after.
The 31-year-old resident who worked at a roofing company with Buck said "everyone was drinking and having a good time." About midnight, Buck's friend turned in for the evening.
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He awoke the next morning to find Buck sitting in a chair on the front porch. The friend said the two that morning were to eat breakfast and drop of a truck for repairs.
Deputies say Buck was leaned against a window screen with a pool of blood below. No gun was found near his body.
Buck had been shot behind the right ear.
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