A man has been charged with murder after a late Sunday shooting left his ex-girlfriend and her mother dead and a teenager injured, according to Dunwoody police.
Crystal Williams, 22, of Dunwoody, and her mother, Danyel Sims, 46, of Lawrenceville, were killed in a shooting at the Dunwoody Glen Apartments off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, police said. Sims’ son, Malachi Williams, 18, of Lawrenceville, was taken to Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
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Posted by Dunwoody Police Department on Monday, September 7, 2020
Justin Deion Turner, 23, has been charged in the shootings. Turner faces two counts of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Police reported the victims were traveling in a SUV as they left the apartment complex.
“The ex-boyfriend of one of the victims proceeded to cut the SUV off with his vehicle before making contact with the occupants of the SUV,” police said in a news release. “Multiple shots were fired by the suspect before he fled the area.”
Officers who responded to the scene around 10:30 p.m. found the three shooting victims on the ground near the SUV. A fourth occupant of the SUV was not harmed.
Turner was captured Monday in Atlanta.
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