The Christian

City community spent Thursday grieving for one of its employees after

a bizarre triple murder near the retirement home Wednesday night.

One of the

people gunned down in the incident was Christian City security guard Doug

Tucker, who had worked at the center for seven years.

"He was

one of best and most loyal employees. We have no idea who did this, but

the police assure us the perpetrator is not around here," said Christian

City CEO Bob Crutchfield.

Union City

Police Chief Mike Isome said his department received a call at 9:47 p.m.

Wednesday that shots had been fired near the Christian City campus on

Red Oak Road.

When the police

arrived, they discovered two bodies just outside the campus. The victims

had been shot and have been identified as John Shore, 26, of Stockbridge

and Allison Smith, 19, of Stockbridge.

Isome said

the police were trying to gather evidence at the scene, when another call

came in of another body found on the Christian City campus.

Another police

car was dispatched and police found the body of Tucker just inside the

entrance at Christian City.

"Apparently,

the perpetrators inadvertently found themselves on the campus when they

were trying to get away and also killed Tucker," Isome said.

Isome said

his investigative team has received numerous leads on the incident, but

said it is too early to speculate on the reason for the killings.

He did say

that Shore and Smith were probably transported to Red Oak Road by the

killers, since there was no indication of more than one vehicle at the

scene.

Christian City

officials worked through the day Thursday telling the residents of the

incident and assuring them of their safety.

"We've

got grief counselors and we're trying to give our residents the latest

information. We have no idea why this happened," Crutchfield said.

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