DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A man will face a murder charge after police say he shot and killed a woman in a Publix parking lot before he shot himself.
DeKalb County police responded outside the Publix on Panola Road Wednesday night. Officers found 25-year-old Chayla Cummings dead from a gunshot wound.
They also found 23-year-old Isaiah Tarver with a gunshot wound and took him to the hospital.
Detectives said the two knew each other and that Tarver shot and killed Cummings before he shot himself. He will be charged with murder when he is out of the hospital, police said.
What we’re learning about the victim, for Channel 2 Action News starting at 4:00 p.m.
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Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter was at the store on Panola Road where there was a large police presence with a large portion of the parking lot blocked off during WSB Tonight at 11 p.m.
Witnesses say they heard gunshots and then saw an injured couple outside the car and that a child was still strapped into a car seat inside the car.
“I saw them already on the ground,” witness Denia Eubank said. “He was laying next to her and there was a baby in the backseat.”
Police have not released details on what led up to the major presence or if any arrests have been made.
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