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COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. – Authorities in Columbia County are probing a domestic dispute that escalated into a fatal incident on Wednesday.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office reported that officers were dispatched to investigate a shooting on Oxbow Drive, located off Columbia Road, near one of the entrances to the Ivy Falls Plantation subdivision in Grovetown.
According to investigators, the altercation involved 37-year-old Titus Scott, who allegedly shot his wife, 36-year-old Myneika Scott, during a heated argument. Although married with three children, the couple had reportedly been living apart since December 2024.
After the shooting, Titus fled the location in his truck. Deputies tracked him down near Columbia Road at Hereford Farm Road, where they attempted to initiate a traffic stop. Despite deploying spike strips at Hereford Farm Road and Blanchard Road, Titus stopped short of them and reportedly shot himself.
Emergency medical services rushed Myneika to Doctors Hospital, where she was declared dead.
Titus was pronounced dead at the scene.
DFACS responded to the home and family members have been contacted.
Autopsies have been scheduled.