GAINESVILE, Ga. – A Gainesville, Georgia, woman was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of her partner inside their home on Saturday, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies identified the suspect as Suzanne Renee Mericle, 61, who is accused of shooting James David Barron, 68, with a handgun inside their home on Bayridge Drive off C. Rogers Road.
Hall County deputies said they responded to the home around 1:15 a.m. and found Barron unresponsive in a bedroom, with a gunshot wound to his torso. Deputies said Mericle was at the home when they arrived.
First responders transported Barron to a nearby hospital where he died, according to the sheriff’s office.
Mericle owned a dentistry office, Mericle Dentistry, in St. Simons Island.
Mericle is now charged with felony murder, aggravated assault under the Family Violence Act and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
She remains in jail without bond.