MORROW, Ga. — A Clayton County woman survived being shot three times during an attempted murder-suicide on Friday.
According to her mother, Jalen Morris, 24, was shot by her child’s father, Justin Lamar Wynne-Combs, while trying to leave her apartment.
Morris’s mother said Wynne-Combs fatally shot himself after shooting Morris three times, twice in the face and once in the back.
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The shooting happened at her apartment on Lake Harbin Road in Morrow.
Morris’s mother said Jalen was trying to protect her 5-week-old son during the shooting.
Channel 2 Action News has not received an update on Morris’s current condition.
The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with Jalen’s recovery.
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