Alleged stabber had previous arrest for choking wife

By Alexis Stevens

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The man accused of stabbing and killing his wife in a Suwanee parking lot Sunday had been arrested just two weeks before for allegedly choking the woman, police said.

Phillip Chad Dunn, 28, was arrested by the Barrow County Sheriff's Department Feb. 1 for allegedly choking Shelley Dyan Dunn, Investigator Matt Guthas told the AJC.

Phillip Dunn was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and battery following the incident, Guthas said.

On Sunday, Phillip Dunn allegedly stabbed his wife and then himself during a custody exchange at a Wal-Mart. The couple's two young daughters were in a vehicle nearby.

Shelley Dunn, 27, later died at Gwinnett Medical Center. Phillip Dunn was released from the hospital on Monday and arrested. He faces a felony murder charge and remains in the Gwinnett County jail without bond.