GA - ZaQuavia Kingsberry, 33, fatally shot at Buckhead apartment, 14 July 2010

LookingUp · Jul 14, 2010

Atlanta police are investigating a shooting death at the Gramercy at Buckhead Apartments on Roswell Road.

The woman was found in her 4th floor apartment. She had been shot two or three times, Major Keith Meadows said.

The woman's boyfriend told police they had eaten breakfast together at the apartment.

The boyfriend told police he left the apartment and returned later to find the woman shot dead, Meadows said.

Police are treating the incident as a homicide and believe the woman was targeted, Meadows said.

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/woman-fatally-shot-at-570697.html

fhc · Jul 14, 2010

video report & article

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24259427/detail.html

another video & article here with alot of info

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/woman-found-dead-at-buckhead-apartment-071410

Victim was at bf's apt and is in her mid to late twenties. She had recently moved here from NC. Both reports say she was shot 5 times.

LookingUp · Jul 14, 2010

It will be interesting to see what the surveillance cameras reveal.

Lovejac · Jul 14, 2010

fhc said:
video report & article

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24259427/detail.html

another video & article here with alot of info

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/woman-found-dead-at-buckhead-apartment-071410

Victim was at bf's apt and is in her mid to late twenties. She had recently moved here from NC. Both reports say she was shot 5 times.

Wow, 5 times! I noticed the article also said she was shot twice in the head. That seems very personal to me. I'm thinking she knew her killer and this wasn't random.

Lovejac · Jul 15, 2010

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24259703/detail.html

or inside the building or the common areas had access to it,” said Maj. Keith Meadows with the Atlanta PoliPolice said there were signs of forced entry to the apartment but believe the woman was targeted, and may have known her killer.

“There are certain levels of security inside this building so we're certain whomever was inside the apartment ce Dept.

angelwngs · Jul 15, 2010

"The woman found shot to death in a Buckhead apartment building Wednesday has been identified as 33-year-old Zaquavia Kingsberry."~More at link below:

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/shooting-victim-at-buckhead-570697.html

fhc · Jul 15, 2010

picture of ZaQuavia Kingsberry here

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/7965147/

A family member, who didn't want to be identified, called Kingsberry "a beautiful woman, with a beautiful spirit and a beautiful heart." She had two young sons, the family member said.

angelwngs · Jul 16, 2010

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/buckhead-shooting-victim-mother-570697.html

"Atlanta police released few details on the shooting death of ZaQuavia Kingsberry, the woman found in a Buckhead apartment Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities said they wanted to make one thing clear, however:
"It was not a random act," said Carlos Campos, Atlanta police spokesman.
Kingsberry, 33, was visiting from Raleigh, N.C., where she worked at a homeless shelter.
She was a weekend staffer at the Helen Wright Center for Women, a transitional shelter for 230 women each year.
She also was a single mother, with children ages 15 and 4, according to Anne Burke, executive director of Urban Ministries, which runs the shelter."
More at link above.

LookingUp · Jul 16, 2010

angelwngs said:
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/buckhead-shooting-victim-mother-570697.html

"Atlanta police released few details on the shooting death of ZaQuavia Kingsberry, the woman found in a Buckhead apartment Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities said they wanted to make one thing clear, however:
"It was not a random act," said Carlos Campos, Atlanta police spokesman.
Kingsberry, 33, was visiting from Raleigh, N.C., where she worked at a homeless shelter.
She was a weekend staffer at the Helen Wright Center for Women, a transitional shelter for 230 women each year.
She also was a single mother, with children ages 15 and 4, according to Anne Burke, executive director of Urban Ministries, which runs the shelter."
More at link above.

Thanks for the update angelwngs. My heart goes out to her children.
:cow:My gut instinct says it's the boyfriend who dunnit.

angelwngs · Jul 22, 2010

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/police-release-tape-of-575905.html

The Atlanta Police Department released a recording of the 911 call from a July 14 Buckhead apartment shooting. Although police have released few details about the incident, the 911 call recording gives more information about how she was found. More at link above...

Lovejac · Jul 28, 2010

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8051610/

Atlanta police have person of interest in Raleigh woman's death

Police want to talk to Steven Smith. They say he is known to have been in the apartment the day of the shooting and has resisted requests for a statement.

Poobah90 · Jul 29, 2010

Thanks Lovejac

Lovejac · Jul 29, 2010

http://www.ajc.com/news/police-seek-help-in-579868.html

this article has a pic of man they're looking for.

Also, this is the first I've heard of motive.

"We believe theft" was the motive, Atlanta Police homicide Det. Kevin Otts told the AJC. "The apartment (occupant) said cash was taken from a computer desk."

Lovejac · Jul 29, 2010

http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2010/07/person-of-interest-in-buckhead.html

Investigators think the killer may have seen a pile of cash on a desk in the apartment, and may have broken in later to steal it--not realizing Kingsberry was still there.

LookingUp · Aug 3, 2010

I wonder if the friend that Ms. Kingsberry was staying with knows Steven Smith.

Belinda · Aug 3, 2010

Why would there be large amount of cash laying on the table in the apartment? And how would this other man have known about it? Drugs maybe? Doesn't sound like she was the type but that doesn't mean her friend wasn't.

LookingUp · Aug 4, 2010

Belinda said:
Why would there be large amount of cash laying on the table in the apartment? And how would this other man have known about it? Drugs maybe? Doesn't sound like she was the type but that doesn't mean her friend wasn't.

Oh my, it never occured to me ... you may be right about it being drug related Belinda.

Lovejac · Apr 17, 2014

I've searched for almost an hour and can't find where this PO, Steven Smith was ever arrested.

It looks like, for now, her murder remains unsolved.

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