By Anthony Bond PUBLISHED: 05:46 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 06:14 EST, 23 October 2012 A four-year-old girl whose mother and sister were shot dead in front of her revealed the identity of the suspected gunman to detectives, it has emerged. When armed police officers arrived at the murder scene in Lawrenceville, Georgia - at which two other people had also been killed - they heard shuffling noises from the upstairs of the house. They pointed their guns in the direction of the noise and demanded that the person reveal themselves. Horrific: Nhaje Butler witnessed the fatal shootings of her mother Atania Butler, left, and her sister Jhane Thomas, right. She identified the suspected gunman to police officers
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Nhaje Butler's bravery was revealed during the trial of her mother's boyfriend, Richard Ringold, 47
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He is accused of killing her mother and sister as well as two other people
They allege that after the pair had had an argument, he shot his girlfriend and then raced through the house shooting at her daughters, Nhaje and 11-year-old @placeholder.