Cobb Police said that a man has been shot and killed and a woman has been hospitalized after being shot during an argument at an apartment complex Sunday night near the Kennesaw State University campus.
In a release Monday morning, Cobb Police Officer Aaron Wilson said Jalen Parker, 24, of Kennesaw, was pronounced dead at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital after being shot several times.
Wilson said Antoinette Hammonds, 40, also of Kennesaw, was taken to Kennestone, and is in stable condition.
Anthony Lockett, 22, of Kennesaw, was charged and arrested for murder and aggravated assault, police said.
According to his booking report, Lockett is being held at the Cobb Adult Detention Center without bond and his home address is listed as at an apartment complex on Hidden Forest Drive in Northeast Cobb.
Wilson said that police were called to the scene of Bixby Kennesaw (3021 George Busbee Parkway) around 8:15 p.m. Sunday and found a woman shot in the parking lot. She was later identified as Hammonds, the suspect’s mother, police said.
The complex is located across the street from Fifth Third Stadium and close to Town Center Mall, and primarily serves as off-campus housing.
Inside an apartment, according to Wilson, officers found a man shot multiple times, and he was later identified as Parker.
Police said there was an argument inside the apartment, but they didn’t say what it was about.
Police said Lockett was present during the argument and left the scene, then “returned with family members, confronted people inside with a gun, and then fired multiple shots inside the apartment,” striking Parker.
Someone else in the apartment returned fire, according to police, and Hammonds was shot in the exchange. Police said she was taken to the parking lot where first responders found her and took her to Kennestone.
Wilson said the investigation is continuing and anyone with information should contact the Cobb County Police Major Crimes Unit at 770-499-3945 or Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (8477).
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