ATLANTA — The family of a grandmother who was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting Tuesday night are calling for justice in her death.
Lashunder Shree Edge, 63, was walking into a convenience store on Jonesboro Road in southeast Atlanta to buy a lottery ticket when bullets started flying. At least one of the bullets hit her in the head.
Edge’s sister told Channel 2′s Tom Regan that her sister had a thriving career as a chef at several restaurants around Atlanta.
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Loleeta Smith says she is counting on faith to cope with the violent death of her loving sister.
“She was a free spirit. She loved life and she loved people,” Smith described of her sister.
Police are still going through surveillance footage and working to determine who fired the shots and why.
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Smith says she would like to see a more active police presence in the neighborhood surrounding the store where her sister was shot because she says it’s been the scene of violence in the past as well.
“We are hoping it eventually closes down. We want it out of the community completely,” Smith said.
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A man was also shot, but police say he drove himself to the hospital. His identity has not been released.
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