Police say a man accused of shooting an Atlanta police officer working for the U.S. Marshals Office shot a mother of four to death just days earlier in a domestic violence incident.
Police said Derrick Rankins, 33, had been on the run since August 20. That’s when police said he killed Courtney Reese, 32, after an argument on Springside Drive.
Officers responded to the scene around 9 p.m. and found Reese suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite life-saving efforts, she died.
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It’s unclear what the relationship was between Reese and Rankins.
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Reese’s neighbor Gwendolyn Fuller said she was a kind person who was a caring mother of four.