A married couple was found shot to death Thursday inside a vehicle in Coweta County, officials said.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to a residential area near Hayward Bishop Court and Hayward Bishop Way regarding a man and woman unconscious in a vehicle. Authorities said they determined the two were dead with apparent gunshot wounds and investigated the incident as a murder-suicide.
They were identified as 20-year Jordyn Griffey and 28-year-old Walter Hernandez, and officials confirmed they lived in the area. The couple’s 3-month-old was also found inside the vehicle and is said to be safe with family members.
Investigators confirmed that they believe Hernandez fired the weapon but are still trying to figure out what led to the shooting. The incident location is near East Coweta Middle School and about a 10-minute drive from Senoia.
According to a GoFundMe campaign, Griffey was described by her aunt Ashley Cooper as an “incredible” mother. Donations are going toward Griffey’s funeral and resources for her baby.
“Jordyn’s life was cut incredibly short at the hands of someone who had no right to take her from the world,” Cooper wrote, adding that “her son will never get to physically feel his mother’s love due to the cowardly acts of someone that was supposed to love her.”
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