On the morning of February 22, 2022, 64-year-old Christine Walker was sleeping in her extended-stay hotel room at the InTown Suites on Stone Mountain Highway in Lilburn, Georgia, a room she shared with her 17-year-old grandson. At about 4:30 a.m., gunfire came from outside the room. Walker was struck at least once while she lay in bed and was found dead by responding Gwinnett County officers; her grandson, who had been in the bathroom during the shooting, was unharmed.

Investigators determined the shooting was a targeted attack aimed at the grandson after an earlier altercation. Police identified 24-year-old Tyree Jaron Simmons of Lithonia as a suspect and located him while he was in custody on an unrelated matter. Authorities said the weapon used was a Glock handgun modified with a switch to fire in a fully automatic mode, which accounted for the rapid barrage of rounds reported by witnesses.

The killing ended the life of a woman described as a grandmother who had been raising her grandson. Does anyone have information about the events leading up to that night or about the earlier altercation mentioned in reports?