A shooting suspect was turned in by his mother Tuesday evening after authorities said he killed a woman in a Clayton County neighborhood over the weekend.
According to the Clayton Sheriff’s Office, 32-year-old Hashun Jordan was taken into custody around 8 p.m. after the mother spoke with Sheriff Levon Allen.
Clayton police got a call about a person shot in the 8300 block of Kendrick Road, between Riverdale and Jonesboro, just before 10:30 p.m. Sunday. When they arrived, they found 34-year-old Aisha Reed inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. She was rushed to a hospital, where she died.
A manhunt was conducted for Jordan, who ran away before officers arrived. Investigators believe an argument led to the shooting.
Later that night, the sheriff went to Delores Berry and asked her to bring in her son so no one would get hurt. On Tuesday, she called Allen and said she would turn in her son, “but only to him,” according to the sheriff’s office. Jordan was taken into custody without incident.
Berry told Channel 2 Action News that turning in her son was a tough decision, but she knew it was the right one. She expressed sorrow for what her son is accused of doing and said she was at peace when Jordan was taken to the Clayton jail in the back of a patrol vehicle.
“It’s best for you to turn yourself in because you’re wanted worldwide,” she said.
He was booked into the jail on charges of murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a weapon during a crime and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to jail records.
Jordan has served two prison sentences since 2012, according to records from the Georgia Department of Corrections.
He served time for cruelty to children and aggravated battery out of Clayton County. After being released in 2015, Jordan found himself in Wilcox State Prison in Abbeville in 2018 for false imprisonment, battery, burglary and cruelty to children out of DeKalb County. He was most recently released in September 2021.
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