This undated photograph offered by Brookhaven Police Dept. reveals Matthew Willson, 31, of Chertsey, Surrey, England, together with his girlfriend Katherine Shepard. (Brookhaven Police Dept by way of AP)
BROOKHAVEN, GA. --
A stray bullet struck and killed an English astrophysicist whereas he was inside an Atlanta-area condominium, authorities say.
Matthew Willson, 31, of Chertsey, Surrey, England, was visiting his girlfriend in the US when he was hit by a bullet that pierced the wall of the condominium. The taking pictures occurred early Sunday morning, solely three days into his go to.
"He was alleged to be right here for 3 months as a result of we have been lengthy distance for some time," Katherine Shepard, his girlfriend of three years, instructed WSB-TV. "I picked him up from the airport, took him to his favourite consuming location, and the subsequent day, he is gone."
Shepard, whose condominium is within the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven, who instructed the tv station that the couple awakened on Jan. 16 to the sound of greater than 30 gunshots coming from an condominium advanced straight behind Shepard's. A bullet traveled by means of Shepard's wall, hitting Willson, she stated.
"I held him for an additional 20 minutes whereas we waited for the ambulance," she stated. "And whereas we had been ready, there have been extra gunshots fired."
Police had been within the neighborhood pursuing studies of gunfire when the 911 name from Shepard got here in. Sgt. Jake Kissel of the Brookhaven felony investigations division stated that after officers arrived on the scene, they rendered help till paramedics arrived.
"Dr. Willson was transported to an area trauma heart the place he succumbed to his accidents," Kissel stated in a press release. The taking pictures seemed to be a "random act involving people taking part within the reckless discharge" of firearms.
Willson was being mourned by household, mates and his alma mater, the College of Exeter.
"Matthew Willson was a former PhD pupil on the College of Exeter and much-loved member of our astrophysics staff," a college spokesman stated in a press release.
No arrests have been introduced. Brookhaven police have requested for witnesses or anybody with details about the taking pictures to contact them or submit an nameless tip to Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477).
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