Peachtree Corners Shooter 'Destroyed a Whole Family'

The Peachtree Corners man who killed two teenaged family members and wounded two others was described as an angry man with no ambitions.

Brandon Mclean was angry Tuesday afternoon before he allegedly shot and killed his 13-year-old niece Kayla Serrano and 19-year-old nephew Andre Mclean.

Police said Brandon Mclean, 30, wounded his mother Betty Mclean, 57, and her sister Charlotte Longnecker, 52, before turning the gun on himself.

Betty Mclean and Longnecker are recovering at Gwinnett Medical Center.

Police said the shootings occurred Tuesday around 5 p.m. at 6505 Bannor Lane in Peachtree Corners.

In an exclusive interview with WSB-TV, Longnecker’s husband said the alleged shooter was yelling at the girl before walking upstairs and firing several shots, killing the teens.

Ted Longnecker told the TV station his wife was shot in the arm when she went to see what was happening, and later Betty Mclean was shot in the chest.

>> See the interview here

“It’s real sad,” Ted Longnecker said, “that one person can take and destroy a whole family.’

Longnecker told Channel 2 that Mclean was unemployed and preferred to “stay around the house and live off his mother.”

Longnecker said Mclean took a shot at him before committing suicide.

The tragedy ended the lives of two young people with bright futures. Serrano was a student at Pinckneyville Middle School, where grief counselors were on hand on Wednesday. Andre McLean was a Norcross High graduate, a former ROTC student, and an expectant father, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post.

Police were unclear about motive in the shootings, which have impacted the family both emotionally and financially. A memorial fund for the family has been set up at Bank of America, WSB reported.

Read more on this story

>Man Kills Nephew, Niece, Then Himself in Peachtree Corners Shootings (Patch)

>Witness: Angry, jobless man shot family at Gwinnett home (WSB)

>Teen murder victim was JROTC member, expectant father (GDP)

>Counselors at Gwinnett shooting victim’s school (AJC)

(Photo: 13-year-old niece Kayla Serrano and 19-year-old nephew Andre Mclean. WSB screenshot)