Dekalb County police in Georgia are still trying to figure out who shot and killed a 35-year-old woman in her own business.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta, 35-year-old Jalisa Abney and an unnamed 37-year-old male were shot last Wednesday in the truck lot near Abney’s business in the 2900 block of Moreland Avenue. Abney died the following day.
“She’s been in the Army, and she owned two businesses. She had a trucking company, and she also had a tint company where she would wrap cars and put tint on. That’s actually where she was, her place of business, when the murder happened,” her cousin Norell Combs said.
Dekalb police reportedly have a suspect in mind and said the suspect knew Abney. So far, however, there have been no arrests.
“What we do know is that she did absolutely nothing to him, and she did not see it coming, and she did not have time to react,” Combs continued. “It seems like an open-and-shut case because we know who it is, most people don’t. We still want to trust the process, but also not fall on the back burner.”
The Dekalb County Police Department released a statement following the station’s request for additional information.
“We do have the suspect identified and are actively searching for him. In order to give our officers and others time to apprehend him before he knows we’re looking for him and has a chance to evade us, we will occasionally hold identifying him to the public. Typically, this is only done for a few days before then releasing his identity to the public for their assistance in his apprehension.”
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact the DeKalb County Police Department.
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[Feature Photo: Handout via FOX 5 Atlanta]
