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The information so far is that Godfrey allegedly shot Smith and then turned the gun on himself. But, it is a sensitive case because no one really knows for sure what exactly happened and why. Courtney Weatherburne has more:

Courtney Weatherburne reporting
From a distance, it may seem that like most businesses Triple A security services is trying to show that festive September spirit with a set of colorful bunting flags draped on the door. But that celebratory mood has been snuffed out by terror and grief as this black bow hangs over of the banners.

Delsie Smith had been the manager at Triple A for 11 years. She was known as hard working and very dedicated,

Always trying to find ways to improve the company as seen here in this prayer she dedicated to her colleagues.

But on Friday night, in the same office in which she spent so many long hours, she was shot and killed. Smith's daughter found out about an hour after.

Tricia Hislop, Daughter
"I called the office nobody answered and then I started to tremble because I know something must have happened because nobody never just not answer the phone and then I called back and then the supervisor answer and I was like what happened and where is my mom and he is like they went and I was like went where and he is like she died and she is at the morgue and I was like don't play like that and I started to cry and he say I am not playing, I am serious."

But that is only part of the story, the man who allegedly shot Smith is her boss Robert Godfrey. The information is that after shooting Smith, he shot himself in the head. Smith's daughter told us that a female employee witnessed everything as they were doing payroll paper work.

Tricia Hislop, Daughter
"It is a normal thing for them to sit at the desk before pay day and she does the schedule for the weekend, she set out the payroll in a whole and then they would do the pay the other day and she was writing, the young lady said, and they were laughing and talking and they were joking and she did the schedule and she said I am done and she passed the paper to him and I don't really want to say on the news the details on what happened after that."

For Hislop, those details are too difficult to express, much less to come to terms with.

Tricia Hislop, Daughter
"Everybody is surprised, everybody is Shocked."

But what is really shocking is that Godfrey was such a close family friend and they would never think he would do something like this. Now there are suspicions that both were having an affair but Hislop says that is not the case at all.

Tricia Hislop, Daughter
"I want to say I need everybody to stop, you can't assume a relationship was there she was the manager, he was the boss something transpired. We may never know because dead man tell no tale and we can't sit here and assume, I know my mom so I know there was nothing there and I knew him, he was a family friend, he has been around 11 years my mom was working with them 11 years and he was there every time, every occasion everything, he bought us Christmas gift, everything so we can't stand here and ridicule him."

"We have nothing negative to say we want to wish the family condolences on our behalf."

And it is that rare display of restraint and humility along with all those good memories she left behind that will help them carry on.

Tricia Hislop, Daughter
"She was kind, she was always happy, she loved to dance and sing, when we would party..if she doesn't jump on you, you are not part of the family. She was very giving, she would give her all, her last if she have it to you and she would stay without."

Robert Godfrey's relatives and workers all declined comment. They too have to find a way to cope with this tragedy.

Smith leaves behind 7 kids. She had been working at Triple A for 11 years.