Community reacts after former police captain kills mother, dies by suicide

A former police captain killed his 77-year-old mother in Berea early Sunday morning before dying by suicide during a traffic stop on I-75, according to authorities.

Officials identified 51-year-old Kevin Berry as the suspect in the murder of his mother, Margie Berry, which occurred just after midnight Sunday on Leslie Drive in Madison County.

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Authorities: Former police captain kills mother, dies by suicide

Following the homicide, a manhunt led to Berry being pulled over by a Williamsburg officer on I-75 in Whitley County. As officers attempted to speak with him, Berry took his own life.

“I don’t know why, I don’t know why, we’ll never know,” said one neighbor, Arritta Morris…

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