Police release tape of 911 call from fatal Buckhead shooting

By Chelsea Cook

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Police Department released a recording of the 911 call from a July 14 Buckhead apartment shooting.

ZaQuavia Kingsberry, who was visiting from Raleigh, N.C., was found shot to death in her boyfriend's Gramercy at Buckhead apartment, in the 3000 block of Roswell Road.

She had been shot two or three times, Atlanta Police Maj. Keith Meadows said.

Although police have released few details about the incident, the 911 call recording gives more information about how she was found.

The victim's boyfriend, whose name has not been released, can be heard frantically screaming for help in the recorded phone call to the 911 dispatcher.

After struggling to get address and phone information from the caller, the dispatcher asks the caller to tell her what happened to the victim.

The following conversation has been excerpted from the call:

Dispatcher: Now what’s the problem?

Caller: I come to my house, and put my key in, and the door is open. And my girl is on the floor with her head and she is bleeding! She’s bleeding out her head! She’s not moving! No nothing!

Dispatcher: Listen to me, Get a dry cloth or towel so we can clean out her mouth and do CPR. I already have paramedics on the way. The best thing we can do is figure out what happened so we can help them.

Caller: Yes.

Dispatcher: Now can you tell what happened, did they fall?

Caller: I just see a bunch of blood. She’s on her side. She’s on her side and there’s a bunch of blood.

Dispatcher: How old is she?

Caller: 33

Dispatcher: Is she conscious?

Caller: No, she is unconscious.

Dispatcher: Is she breathing?

Caller: No

Dispatcher: And you did not see what happened?

Caller: No! She’s not moving, ma’am. Please ma’am.

Dispatcher: I understand, but we’re going to need you to stay calm so we can help her. Now I need you to turn her over on her back, flat.

Caller: You want me to touch her? I’ve been touching her face. You want me to turn her over? Want me to move the table?

Dispatcher: Yes.

The woman's boyfriend told police they had eaten breakfast together at the apartment.

The boyfriend told police he left the apartment and returned later to find the woman shot dead, Meadows said.

Meadows said detectives do not have any suspects at this point, nor have they ruled anyone out.

Although the investigation is ongoing, police believe Kingsberry knew her attacker.

"It was not a random act," Carlos Campos, Atlanta police spokesman, said.

--Staff writer Kristi E. Swartz contributed to this report.