FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. — A 19-year-old woman was kidnapped by her boyfriend from her job in Fayette County late Sunday night, police said, and then shot to death at the end of a chase in Clayton County.
The Fayetteville Police Department said in a release the call came in around 11 p.m. on Sunday night about a kidnapping in progress from the Wingstop on North Glynn Street in Fayetteville.
Calls to 911 said a "male subject had entered the restaurant and took his ex-girlfriend, an employee of the restaurant, at gunpoint."
According to the department, the suspect is 20-year-old Cameron Ja'Michael Hopkins of Albany, Ga. The victim was identified later Monday morning by Clayton County Police as 19-year-old Khaliyah Jones.
The kidnapping set off a chase, with Fayetteville officers spotting a Red Chevrolet Camaro reported by callers leaving the restaurant with the victim.
"The vehicle began to flee from officers in the area of Banks Road in Fayetteville and a vehicle pursuit was initiated. The pursuit left Fayette County and entered Clayton County via McDonough Road," Fayetteville PD said.
The car eventually reached Lovejoy High School, with Fayetteville PD saying officers used a PIT maneuver to stop the car.
According to police, it was at this moment that the the suspect began shooting, with "several shots inside the vehicle and additional shots at officers striking their vehicle multiple times with officers still inside."
"Officers were able to exit their vehicle and take cover while the suspect and victim remained inside the vehicle. Officers began giving commands for the suspect to exit the vehicle which were ignored. Deputies with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department were able to use a less-lethal option to deploy an 'OC' type irritant into the suspect’s vehicle from a safe distance. The suspect then exited the vehicle and was taken into custody by officers," police said.
The victim, who has not yet been identified, was found inside the car with "several gunshot wounds" and died of those injuries.
Hopkins so far has been charged by Fayetteville PD with kidnapping and aggravated assault, noting that the Clayton County Police Department has jurisdiction over the killing of the woman.
Lovejoy Police reported a nearly identical incident with Hopkins last year, in which he was accused of "dragging a female out of the vehicle at gunpoint" at a Walmart parking lot and "forcing her into his vehicle before fleeing the scene."
In that incident, he allegedly made contact with family members over the phone and "expressed his rage over the relationship ending and threatened to shoot and kill (the woman) if police attempted to pull him over."
Jones was also the victim in the previous kidnapping.
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