Woman shot in neck while driving pulled off life support, dies
A woman who was brain dead after being shot while driving in Clayton County was taken off life support Thursday by her family and died, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving to work Monday morning on Upper Riverdale Road when she was shot in the neck, causing her to crash head-on into two vehicles.
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Doctors didn’t realize she was shot until she arrived at Grady Memorial Hospital for surgery. Clayton County police haven’t identified a suspect in her shooting.
Her sister, Kayleigh Martin, told Channel 2 on Wednesday that she had moved to Atlanta from California two months ago for more modeling opportunities.
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Her family told the news station her funeral will be later this month in California.
A GoFundMe page has been set up by Martin to assist with funeral costs. As of Thursday afternoon, it had raised about $16,000.
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