Elderly Couple Murdered: Son is Person of Interest say Deputies

Fairfield Co., SC (WOLO)–Investigators in Fairfield County say an elderly couple has been gunned down in their front yard. Deputies say the son is considered a person of interest. The victims have been identified as 71 Year old Richard Mahorsky and 70 Year old Ruth Marion Mahorsky. Deputies say the person of interest is the couple’s son 40 year old Mathew Mahorsky. Deputy Chief Keith Lewis tells ABC Columbia News, a deputy responded to the family’s home Monday morning when the wife’s co-workers asked law enforcement to check on her when she did not come to work and could not be reached by phone. Lewis says when the deputy arrived the woman and her husband were found shot and killed in the home’s front yard near the intersection of Highways 215 and 34, the son was inside. Investigators say both died from gun-shot wounds from a high-powered rifle. Law Enforcement has yet to release the identities of the victims or the suspect.