APPLING (WFXG) - The Columbia County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of a deadly shooting on Gales Rd. in Appling on Oct 28.

According to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, the call came in around 8:30 p.m. and was initially in reference to a CPR in progress. Moments later officials say a second call came from the second address stating there was blood everywhere. 

Once deputies arrived to the scene they located a male on the back porch who had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, 66-year-old Wesley Jordan Gales.

While on the scene, deputies located Wesley's former wife and 15-year-old son, Tucker Gales. Deputies spoke with both wife and son and heard conversations that indicated the victim had been shot by the son. 

The sheriff's office says the 15-year-old admitted to shooting his father with a .22 caliber Marlin semiautomatic rifle. 

Tucker is being charged with murder and was transported to RYDC. 

Officials say the son told authorities he had enough of his father abusing his mother. 

According to records from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, Wesley Gales was arrested on March 11 and charged with battery/ family violence and cruelty to children in the third degree.

In the incident report for the March 11 arrest, authorities responded to the residence where they met Deborah and Tucker in the front yard. Deborah told authorities that her husband, Wesley has been drinking when they got into a verbal altercation. 

According to Deborah, she went into the bathroom to get some tissue when Wesley threw a DVD player down the hall from his bedroom. Tucker, their 15-year-old son when to pick it up when Wesley yelled, "leave that f****** thing there". While in the bathroom, Deborah says Wesley came in the bathroom and hit her in the left eye and face with his fist and pulled her into the hallway. 

Deborah told deputies she felt dizzy and fell down. While on the floor, Wesley kicked her in the forehead with his foot leaving a mark. The incident report states their son, Tucker witnessed the incident. 

After viewing marks and blood coming from Deborah's nose,  the deputy located Wesley in his bedroom and asked him what happened. 

Wesley did admit to the deputy a verbal altercation had occurred and he did hit Deborah in her eye and face causing her nose to bleed. Wesley also admitted to the deputy he kicked her in the head. 

Wesley was arrested and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center. He was granted a signature bond in court Thursday.

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