Man says woman died after being shot multiple times in car crash near Stonecrest Mall was her aunt

DeKalb County police found a driver who had been shot multiple times inside her crashed car on Friday.

At 7:30 a.m., officers arrived at Mall Parkway in Stonecrest and found a female driver who had been shot multiple times in her wrecked car.

Someone shot her while she was driving, police said. She then ran off the road and crashed into a lamp post and an electrical box.

Police said a man was seen running from the crashed car.

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After the crash, a man arrived on the scene and told Channel 2 Action News that the woman found murdered in the crashed car was his aunt, Sabrina.

“I received a call from another aunt saying my other aunt had gone through this tragic situation,” Brian Johnson said.

Johnson said the man in the car was her aunt’s boyfriend.

“He lived with her, we saw him leave with her this morning. I have someone who saw it all happen. He also identified him. Johnson said Channel 2’s Tom Regan.

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Police have not confirmed that the man seen fleeing the car crash was the victim’s boyfriend.

Johnson said his aunt was in her 60s and had two adult children.

“Sabrina was a loving person. She was the most generous and genuine person I knew. She feared God, she stayed in church, studied the Bible, she went to church every Sunday. For this to happen, it’s just tragic,” Johnson said.

Dekalb police have not said whether they have identified a suspect in the shooting.

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