Teen accused of killing his family
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A teenager who had recently moved back home after breaking up with his live-in girlfriend is accused of fatally shooting four family members.
Nathaniel Dickson, 18, was arrested Saturday night at a home in Belton, about 20 miles from where the bodies were found, authorities said.
His father was found shot early Saturday in the yard of his house near Easley. Samuel Andrew Dickson Jr., 46, died as paramedics arrived. Inside, officers found the bodies of his wife, Martiza Hurtado Dickson, 46; Melissa Giliam Salazar, 19; and Taylor Dickson, 14.
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