A father and daughter are dead after Clayton County police say the man shot and killed his daughter before killing himself following a police chase.
Clayton County Police Officers were asked by Henry County Police Department to perform a welfare check involving the kidnapping of two juveniles after a domestic dispute.
Officers did not make contact with anyone at that location.
The Jonesboro Police Department located the vehicle and asked for assistance from the Clayton County Police Department.
A vehicle pursuit occurred where the suspect, Lionel Edwards, led the officers into a cul-de-sac in the 8000 block of South Bay Court in Riverdale.
As officers approached the vehicle on foot, the suspect, Lionel Edwards took off and hit a bush which forced the vehicle to stop.
Officers then heard multiple shot coming from inside the vehicle.
Officers rushed to the vehicle to find a juvenile in the passenger seat shot multiple times. Officers attempted life-saving measures with no success.
The girl died from her injuries. The suspect, Lionel Edwards, suffered one self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Edwards was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
