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Man gunned down in his home
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Lawmen are looking for a killer after a man was found dead in a pool of his own blood, gunned down Tuesday morning in his Pocahontas community home just over the county line in Coffee County.Meanwhile the victim’s fiancé was found covered in blood, screaming hysterically, and crying for help as she ran away from the scene of the grisly slaying. She remains under treatment with undisclosed injuries. The identities of the victims had not been released by press time Tuesday, although it was revealed one of the victims has three children, all of whom were at school at the time of the murder.According to Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves, the crime happened on Maples Springs Road about two miles from the Warren-Coffee County line.