JONESBORO, Ga. — Deputies have arrested a woman who authorities believe was responsible for killing another woman in front of a Jonesboro Waffle House on Friday.
Just before 9 p.m., the Clayton County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of Jasmine Kirk in the death of a woman who was shot and killed outside the restaurant while waiting for food in the 8700 block of Tara Boulevard.
Jonesboro Police arrived to find the victim around 4 a.m. slumped over in the passenger seat of a vehicle. They tried to render first aid, but the woman was already dead. She had gunshot wounds to the upper torso police said.
Witnesses told them the victim was sitting in the vehicle in the parking lot waiting for an order when an unknown woman walked up to her and shot into the passenger window where she was sitting.
The witnesses said that the shooter returned to another car and drove away.
Police said the suspect, now believed to be Kirk, escaped in a white Buick Regal or Verano. Kirk was booked into the Clayton County Jail around 10 p.m. according to jail records. Records also show she now faces charges of malice murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime and discharging a firearm near a highway.
The sheriff's office added that she was found in Atlanta by the fugitive unit.
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