Crime & Safety

Fourth Victim Dies After July Shooting

Investigators are waiting to determine whether the man's death was caused by Matthew Kyle Fields, deputies said.

A fourth victim of a Forsyth County man’s murder-suicide in July died on Friday, Forsyth County sheriff’s deputies said Monday.

Jerry David Manning, 75, died at a local hospital on Dec. 4, according to deputies. Investigators are not yet sure whether Manning died of unrelated medical issues or succumbed to wounds from the July 22 murder-suicide carried out by Matthew Fields.

Manning was the father of Fields’ wife Rebecca, who was killed along with the couples’ two children at their home in unincorporated Suwanee.

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