Above video: Initial coverage of the crime A family is asking for help with burial expenses after a shooting at a Toombs County home left two people dead and a third person wounded. Pamela Cook’s younger sister organized a GoFundMe campaign to help lay the 40-year-old victim to rest. Newham said the family is facing the unexpected burial costs while also supporting their mother, Diane Cook, who was wounded in the shooting. “No family is ever prepared to lose someone they love, especially in such a sudden and senseless act of violence,” Newham wrote. Deputies responded to a home at 188 McNatt Falls Road around 2:19 p.m. Oct. 19 after a 911 caller reported that three people had been shot, according to the Toombs County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies found Pamela Cook and 75-year-old Wallace Truman Edge dead from gunshot wounds. Diane Cook, 55, was wounded, but authorities said her injuries were not considered life-threatening. Newham said her mother was recovering from surgery as the family worked to make funeral arrangements. “Pamela was more than the tragedy that took her life,” Newham wrote. “She was our sister, our mother’s daughter, and someone whose absence will be felt by our family for the rest of our lives.” Investigators identified Wallace Edge’s former spouse, 76-year-old Grace Edge, as a person of interest, according to the sheriff’s office. Grace Edge was later arrested and charged with two counts of malice murder, two counts of felony murder and three counts of…
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