It was not immediately clear if Cooper had obtained an attorney. Police Chief Cleveland Spruill called the shooting a “reckless act of violence took the life of a young mother in her prime as well as her unborn child.” “She got hit with her son in her arms and she’s pregnant,” Walker told WSB-TV. I’m taking my baby in the house,’” Walker told ABC Atlanta affiliate WSB-TV. Her toddler was not injured.Īccording to her sister, Standria Walker, Callaway had “a heart of gold” and wasn’t involved in the fight. Her unborn child also did not survive the shooting. CNN A 27-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a pregnant. WSB-TV A pregnant woman was shot and killed Monday night in Georgia while she was. When officers arrived at the scene, they tried performing life-saving procedures on Callaway before she was rushed to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Auriel Callaway, who was fatally wounded outside a Georgia apartment complex, and her toddler son. Auriel Callaway, 24, was hit by a stray bullet and killed outside an apartment complex in Georgia Monday night. She was struck as she was trying to bring her child, believed to be 2 or 3 years old, to safety after a fight broke out and gunfire soon erupted, according to police. Auriels possible relatives include Capathyia Callaway, E Callaway, E Calloway, Enous Calloway, Lashanda Callaway, Levar Black, Mabel Callaway. Police called Callaway “an innocent bystander.”
Kiresa Cooper, an Athens-Clarke County resident, is facing one count felony murder and one count of aggravated assault in the incident that left 24-year-old Auriel Callaway, who was four months pregnant, dead, according to a statement from the county police department.Ĭooper was taken into custody on Wednesday evening, police said. Create an online memorial to tell that story for generations to come. The beautiful and interactive Eternal Tribute tells Auriel's life story the way it deserves to be told in words, pictures and video. Auriel was a resident of Athens, Georgia at the time of passing. IStock(ATHENS, Ga.) - A 27-year-old Georgia woman was charged with the murder of a pregnant woman who was fatally shot while she was trying to move her child away from a fight, police said Thursday. Art Deco restaurant/piano bar with singer-pianist Ann Hampton Callaway performing every Wed. Auriel was born on Maand passed away on Monday, July 22, 2019.