The Associated Press
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - An Albany police officer who had gone to a pre-kindergarten center to pick up his 4-year-old son got into a quarrel with the child’s mother, pulled a gun and shot her, then killed the child and himself, police said.
The officer, identified as Cpl. Andrew Hayslip, 37 had signed out his son from the center Tuesday afternoon when the officer’s former girlfriend showed up, said Lt. Ken Singleton of the Albany Police Department.
A quarrel ensued, and the officer shot the woman, identified as LaDonna Wilkerson, 32, in the hand, then shot his son, Austin Hayslip, in the back before turning the gun on himself, Singleton said.
Police said Wilkerson was taken to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, where she remained Tuesday night. They described Hayslip as a 15-year veteran of the department’s traffic division.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has taken over the case, Singleton said.